Major bureaucratic reshuffle at Centre

New Delhi, July 22

Thirty-five senior bureaucrats have been appointed as secretaries and additional secretaries in various Central government departments as part of a major reshuffle.

All of these officers, working as joint or additional secretaries, have been promoted either in the same departments or moved to new ministries.

Usha Sharma, a 1985-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as director general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), an order issued today by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

She is at present additional secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).

Telangana-cadre IAS officer Vasudha Mishra will be the new additional secretary in DARPG in place of Sharma.

Manoj Kumar, chief vigilance officer of the Delhi Development Authority, will be additional secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, additional secretary in the Department of Commerce, has been appointed director general Foreign Trade. Sunil Kumar, who was joint secretary in the ministry, has been promoted and appointed in place of Chaturvedi.

Ravneet Kaur, joint secretary in Industrial Policy and Promotion, has been appointed as CMD, India Tourism Development Corporation.— PTI