The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved appointments to several key posts on Tuesday.
Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, a 1984-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, has been appointed Adviser, Inter-State Council Secretariat, under the Union Home Ministry, by temporarily downgrading the post that fell vacant after the retirement of P.G. Dhar Chakraborty.
Alok Shrivastava from the Madhya Pradesh cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Union Shipping Ministry, by temporarily downgrading the newly created post of Additional Secretary in the Ministry.
Anand Kumar has been made Managing Director, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., by temporarily placing the newly created post at this level.
Vijay Laxmi Joshi has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation; Tapan Ray, Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology; Aruna Sundararajan, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund; Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises; and Amarjeet Sinha, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
Yudhvir Singh Malik has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
