Senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit has actually been called Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a significant reshuffle of senior federal government authorities performed by the Centre on Saturday. Rajpurohit will hold the position up until 8 April 2030. He is successful Sanjay Kumar.
Who is Prakash Rajpurohit?
Born upon 28 February 1986, Rajpurohit is a Rajasthan-cadre IAS officer from the 2010 batch. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
Before his newest consultation, Rajpurohit was working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence’s Department of Defence Production.
Previously, he worked as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance, where he was accountable for matters worrying worldwide financial investment treaties.
Throughout his period with the Rajasthan federal government, Rajpurohit held numerous administrative and policy-related positions. His projects consisted of district administration, business taxes and the post of Excise Commissioner.
He was likewise selected to the Board of BDL with result from 17 September 2026.
Other essential visits in the administrative reshuffle
Together with Rajpurohit’s consultation, Vivek Khare, a 1996-batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has actually been called Joint Secretary at the National Testing Agency (NTA).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has actually cleared the consultations of 27 civil servants at the Joint Secretary level and comparable positions throughout numerous federal government departments and organisations.
Ravi Shanakar, Chittaranjan Dash, P Manoj Kumar and Abhishek Bhagotia have actually been selected Joint Secretaries in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mohammed Y Safirulla K and Ritu Sharma will use up Joint Secretary positions in the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
Varnali Deka, a 2009-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has actually been selected Joint Secretary at the National Health Authority. More Ashish Madhaorao will work as Additional Chief Executive Officer at the authority at the Joint Secretary level.
Visits throughout ministries and federal government bodies
Nikhil Varma has actually been selected Additional Director General of Foreign Trade in Delhi, while Tanvi Sundriyal will act as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Inderjeet Singh has actually been designated Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture.
Senior IAS officer Tamboli Ayyaj Fakirbhai has actually been called Executive Director at the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) at the Joint Secretary level. Rajesh Malik has actually been selected Executive Director of the Food Corporation of India, while Navin Agarwal will function as Joint Secretary in the Department of Legal Affairs.
The reshuffle likewise consists of the consultation of Brijesh Pandey as Joint Secretary in the Department of Capital Development and M Ramachandrudu as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Sonia Pant has actually been selected Adviser at NITI Aayog at the Joint Secretary level.
Nitin Kumar has actually been called as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Vigilance Commission; C Muruganas as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Rajneesh Kumar Tomar as CEO, National Highways Logistics Management Ltd; and Nishtha Tiwari as CEO, Development and Welfare Board for Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities under the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Manisha Trighatia will be Joint Secretary, Department of Urban Development; Avinash Jain will be Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; Pawan Kumar will be Joint Secretary, National River Conservation Directorate; and Anita Shah Akella will be Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women.
In a different order dated October 9, the ACC has actually authorized a proposition of the Department of Higher Education for early repatriation of Govind Jaiswal, Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, to his moms and dad cadre.
Jaiswal is a 2007 batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre.
(With inputs from news firm PTI)
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