Major administrative reshuffle in Rajasthan

In a major administrative rejig, as many as 69 IAS officers have been transferred and handed over new assignments in Rajasthan. Mrs Venu Gupta has been appointed as ACS, MSME and Public Enterprises and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and OSD, Bhivadi Integrated Development Authority and ACS, Disinvestment and NRI and Investment Promotion Bureau. Dr Subodh Agrawal takes charge as ACS, Mines & Petroleum and PHE and Groundwater Department, while Sudhansh Pant is now Chairman, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board and Shikhar Agrawal was made PS, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department. Similarly, Mrs Shreya Guha will be posted as PS, Cooperatives; Anand Kumar as PS, Revenue, Colonization, Sainik Kalyan and Devasthan; Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant as PS, Energy and Chairman, Discom and MD, Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.; Ashwini Bhagat as Chairman, Rajasthan Civil Services Appeal Tribunal; Ajitabh Sharma as Chairman, Rajasthan Tax Board, Ajmer; Alok Gupta as PS, Administrative Reform and Coordinator, Public Grievance Redressal, Printing and Stationery Department and Tribal Regional Development; Dinesh Kumar as PS, Agriculture & Horticulture; Hemant Kumar Gera as PS, Personnel and GAD, Cabinet Secretariat, State Motor Garage and Civil Aviation; Naveen Mahajan as PS, PWD; T Ravikant as CMD, Rajasthan State Power Transmission Corporation and Chairman Rajasthan Akshay Urja Nigam; Vikas Sitaramji Bhale as Divisional Commissioner, Jaipur; Mrs Manju Rajpal as State Mission Director, Livelihood Projects and SHG, Jaipur; Naveen Jain as Secretary, Panchayati Raj; Dr Krishna Kant Pathak as Secretary, Rural Development; Ashutosh A T Pednekar as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Disaster Management; Dr Prithvi Raj as Secretary, Medical, Health & Family Welfare; Bhanu Prakash Yeturu as Secretary, Labour, Factory and Boiler Inspection and ESI; Dr Rajesh Sharma as Secretary, Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission, Jaipur; Ravi Jain as Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority; Dr Samit Sharma as Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment; Dr Ravikumar Surpur as Commissioner, Commercial Taxation Department; Dr Arushi Ajey Malik as Secretary, Skill and Entrepreneurship, Employment and CMD, RSLDC; Purna Chandra Kishan as Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Cow Rearing, Minorities Affairs and Waqf Department; Jitendra Kumar Upadhyaya as Divisional Commissioner, Jodhpur; Gaurav Goyal as Secretary to CM; Mrs Urmila Rajoriya as MD, Rajfed, Jaipur; Nannumal Pahadiya as Commissioner, Departmental Enquiry, Jaipur; Yagyamitra Singh Deo as Secretary, State Human Rights Commission; Sanwarmal Verma as Divisional Commissioner, Bharatpur; Dr Mohan Lal Yadav as State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SMSA), Rajasthan Education Council and Commissioner, School Education; Mahendra Soni as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jaipur Greater; Chetanram Devda as Commissioner, Horticulture; Mrs Sushama Arora as MD, Rajasthan Cooperatives Dairy Federation Ltd.; Prakash Rajpurohit as Commissioner, Excise; Vishram Meena as Special Secretary, Revenue; Kanhaiya Lal Swami as Commissioner, Transport; Mrs Nalini Kathotia as Additional Commissioner, Disinvestment & NRI, Industry Promotion Bureau; Rajendra Singh Shekhawat as Commissioner, Departmental Enquiry; Meghraj Singh Ratnu as Director, Fisheries; Prakash Chandra Sharma as District Collector & District Magistrate, Banswara; Sohan Lal Sharma as Joint Secretary to CM; Mahavir Prasad as Registrar, Revenue Board, Ajmer; Nakate Shivprasad Madan as  District Collector & District Magistrate, Alwar;  Mrs Shivangi Swarnkar as Commissioner, EGS, Jaipur; Anil Kumar Agrawal as Director, Civil Aviation and Deputy Chief Protocol Officer, GAD and Controller, Circuit House, Jaipur; Om Prakash Kasera as Director, Panchayati Raj; Mrs Namrata Vrishni as Joint CEO, State Health Assurance Agency; Kana Ram as Commissioner, Agriculture & Panchayati Raj; Dr Pradip K Gawande as Joint Secretary, Higher Education; Ramavatar Meena as Director, ICDS, Rajasthan; Dr Rashmi Sharma as Director, Tourism; Mrs Pushpa Satyani as ED, Rajasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewerage & Infrastructure Corporation Limited (RUDSICO); Gaurav Agrawal as Director, Board of Secondary Education, Bikaner; Ankit Kumar Singh as District Collector & District Magistrate, Karauli; Nishant Jain as District Collector & District Magistrate, Jalor;  Saurabh Swamy as District Collector & District Magistrate, Pratapgarh; Dr Ghanshyam as Commissioner, Medical Education; Sita Ram Jat as Director, Rajasthan State Agriculture Marketing and ex-officio Joint Secretary & Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Board, Jaipur; Sharad Mehra as IG, Registration & Stamp; Dr Om Prakash Bairwa as Director, Public Services and ex-officio Joint Secretary, Public Grievance Redressal; Pratap Singh as Joint Secretary, PHED and Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission; Dr Mahendra Khadgawat as Director, Archaeology & Museum; Atul Prakash as Joint Secretary, Energy and Rishav Mandal was posted as SDO and SDM, Kotputli (Jaipur).