DGCA chief appointed Coal Secretary

Aviation regulator DGCA chief Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as Coal Secretary, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday.

Dutt is a 1993 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dutt, Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as secretary, Ministry of Coal, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Senior bureaucrat V Umashankar has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Umashankar, a 1993 batch IAS officer, is presently working in his cadre state Haryana.

Tanmay Kumar has been named as secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Kumar, who is currently Special Secretary in the same ministry, will succeed Leena Nandan upon her superannuation on December 31, 2024.