The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:
(i) Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping as Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Shri P.Uma Shanker, IAS, on his retirement on 30.06.2013.
(ii) Ms. Gauri Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary, Ministry of Mines as Secretary (Border Management), Ministry of Home Affairs in the vacancy of Shri A.K.Mangotra, IAS.
(iii) Shri Syamal Kumar Sarkar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions vice Shri P. K. Misra, IAS, on his retirement on 30.06.2013.
(iv) Shri Alok Rawat, IAS, Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances), Cabinet Secretariat, as Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, vice Shri Syamal Kumar Sarkar, IAS , on his relinquishing the charge of the post.
(v) Shri Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS, Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, as Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS, on his relinquishing the charge of the post.
(vi) Smt. Sujatha Singh, (IFS), Ambassador of India to Germany, as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of External Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary with effect from 15.07.2013 and till her assumption of charge as Foreign Secretary.
(vii) Shri Anup Wadhawan, (IAS), Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services in the vacancy of Shri Umesh Kumar, IAS.
(viii) Shri K. P. Krishnan, IAS, at present in the cadre, as Director General and Additional Secretary, Directorate of Currency, Department of Economic Affairs by reviving the post to its original level and in relaxation of cooling- off requirement.
