Indian Bureaucracy Network | 13 IAS appointed to Special Secretary Rank – The The ACC has approved in-situ upgradation of 13 IAS Officers to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, as a measure personal to them with Rameshwar Prasad Gupta IAS (Gujarat 1987) presently Additional Secretary- NITI Aayog being appointed as Special Secretary- NITI Aayog, Pradeep Kumar IAS (Kerala 1987) presently Project Director- National Disaster Management Authority, MHA being updraded in the rank and pay of Secretary, Debasish Panda IAS (Uttar Pradesh 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Dept of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance now being made Special Secretary- Dept of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance while Tarun Kapoor IAS (Himachal Pradesh 1987) presently Vice Chairman- Delhi Development Authority, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs remains as Vice Chairman- Delhi Development Authority, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary.
Bimbadhar Pradhan IAS (Bihar 1987) presently Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is now Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ram Mohan Mishra IAS (Assam Meghalaya 1987) presently Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner- MSME is now appointed as Special Secretary & Development Commissioner- MSME , T K Manojkumar IAS (Kerala 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Warehousing Development & Regulatory Authority- Dept of Food and Public Distribution is now appointed as Special Secretary- Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority, Dept of Food and Public Distribution, Rajesh Verma IAS (Odisha 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Dept of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is now appointed as Special Secretary- Dept of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Rajesh Kr Chaturvedi IAS (Madhya Pradesh 1987) presently Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor-Ministry of Culture now appointed as Special Secretary & Financial Advisor- Ministry of Culture, Ajay Tirkey IAS (Madhya Pradeh 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Ministry of Women and Child Development now appointed as Special Secretary- Ministry of Women and Child Development, Sanjay Kumar Mishra IRS (IT 1984) presently Director- Enforcement Directorate, Dept of Revenue now appointed as Director- Enforcement Directorate, Department of Revenue in the rank and pay of Secretary, Prem Kumar Kataria IAAS (1985) presently posted as Additional Secretary- Ministry of Textiles now appointed as Special Secretary- Ministry of Textiles while Prashant Kumar IFoS (Madhya Pradesh 1985) presently Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development , has been appointed as Special Secretary, Department of Rural Development.