Apurva Chandra appointed Health Secretary; Sanjay Jaju I&B Secretary

Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Jaju has been appointed as the new I&B Secretary in place of Chandra. Jaju, a 1992-batch IAS officer, is currently serving in his cadre state of Telangana.

Eight other senior officers have been appointed in different central government departments and in the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle affected by the Centre on Saturday.

A retired IAS officer of the 1988 batch from Uttarakhand cadre, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, is Secretary to the Lokpal on contract basis for a period of one year from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, according to the order.

Anil Malik, (Haryana 1991-batch), at present posted as Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Women and Child Development, will take over as Secretary, WCD, upon the superannuation of present secretary Indevar Pandey later this month, according to the ACC order.

Another 1992-batch IAS officer, Ashish Kumar Bhutani, from the Assam cadre, is designated as Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation.