In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, 17 civil servants were appointed as secretaries and additional secretaries in various central government departments.
The Centre also made appointments to two independent bodies – Rajiv Mehrishi, who recently retired as the Union Home Secretary, was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General while Sunil Arora, another ex-IAS officer, was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner.
Mehrishi was replaced by Rajiv Gauba as Home Secretary. Sunil Arora fills in a post left vacant after the retirement of Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner.
The moving around of civil servants comes days before Prime Minster 
Narendra Modi is expected to rejig his cabinet of ministers.
In topday’s bureaucratic reshuffle, senior IAS officer Rajiv Kumar was appointed Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS) while Anita Karwal was named CBSE chairperson.
Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, is at present Special Secretary and Establishment Officer in the Ministry of Personnel.
He was appointed in place of Anjuly Chib Duggal, who superannuated today, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
The DFS looks after the functioning of banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and the national pension system.
Pradip Kumar Tripathi will be new Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary in the Personnel Ministry.
Karwal, a Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, who is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resources Development, was named chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in place of Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi.
Chaturvedi has been appointed as Director General of the National Skill Development Agency.
Asha Ram Sihag has been appointed Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries. He is at present Secretary (Coordination) in Cabinet Secretariat.
Inder Jit Singh has been named Secretary (Coordination) in Cabinet Secretariat in place of Sihag. He is at present Additional Secretary in Commerce Ministry.
N Baijendra Kumar, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of National Mineral Development Corporation.
He is at present working in his cadre state.
Gujarat-cadre IAS officer Rameswhar Prasad Gupta will be Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog. He is at present Managing Director of National Waqf Development Corporation Ltd (NAWADCO).
“The officer will continue to hold additional charge of the post of MD, NAWADCO until further orders,” it said.
Satyajeet Rajan, presently serving in his cadre state Kerala, has been named Director General, Tourism.
Ali Raza Rizvi, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce has been appointed Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Information Broadcasting.
“The earlier order appointing Rizvi as CMD, NMDC stands cancelled,” the DoPT order said.
Rajesh Bhushan, Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
Rajni Sekhri Sibal, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, has been named Director General, Employment and Training under Ministry of Labour and Employment.
(With PTI inputs)
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