IFoS officer S Narayanan to head higher education in Haryana
Previously, Narayanan has also served as the director general of New & Renewable Energy.
S Narayanan, a 1997-batch IFoS officer, has been appointed the director general and secretary of the higher education department in place of Rahul Hooda (IAS, 2015), who replaces Narayanan as special secretary in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.
Gurugram: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Haryana government has transferred 12 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and one Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer with immediate effect.
Other key appointments in the transfers list released late Wednesday evening include T.L. Satyaprakash (2002-batch IAS) as the commissioner and secretary of the transport department, succeeding Ashok Khemka who retired 30 April.
Satyaprakash also retains his duties as the Commissioner and Secretary of the Mines & Geology Department and the CEO of Drone Imaging and Information Systems of Haryana Ltd. (DRIISHYA).
C.G. Rajini Kanthan, a 2004-batch IAS officer, was named commissioner and secretary of the human resources department, relieving Vijayendra Kumar of the responsibility. Kanthan will continue as the secretary in the finance department, general administration department and the central committee of examinations.
Other notable transfers include Shekhar Vidyarthi (IAS, 2004 batch), who was appointed as fire services director general, and as commissioner and secretary of the archives department in place of Amneet P. Kumar.
Amna Tasneem (2012-batch IAS) moves from her role as the administrator of the Panchkula-based Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and Urban Estate Additional Director (Panchkula) to become the director of the foreign cooperation department, succeeding Sanjeev Verma.
Sachin Gupta (2018-batch IAS), previously district municipal commissioner and commissioner of the Ambala Municipal Corporation, succeeds Tasneem at Panchkula-based roles.
Ayush Sinha (2018-batch IAS) transitions from the role of the municipal commissioner and commissioner of the Yamunanagar Municipal Corporation to the role of the commissioner of the Manesar municipal body.
Ayush Sinha has been replaced by 2018-batch officer Akhil Pilani, formerly additional deputy commissioner-cum-district citizen resources information officer, Palwal.
Anand Kumar Sharma (2019-batch IAS) moves from his role as the additional deputy commissioner-cum-district citizen resources information officer and Mahendragarh municipal commissioner to district municipal commissioner and commissioner of the Rohtak municipal corporation.
Saloni Sharma of the same batch, who was additional deputy commissioner-cum-district citizen resources information officer and district municipal commissioner of Jhajjar, has been appointed as additional commissioner of the Faridabad municipal corporation.
Dr. Balpreet Singh (2019 batch) shifts from Gurugram municipal corporation as additional commissioner to Ambala as district municipal commissioner and commissioner, replacing Sachin Gupta.
Karnal additional deputy commissioner Yash Jaluka (2021-batch IAS) was appointed additional commissioner of the Gurugram municipal corporation in place of Singh.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)
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