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The Center on Saturday appointed senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit as deputy election commissioner in a wider reshuffle involving senior officials. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of 27 civil servants to the posts of joint secretaries and equivalent posts as part of the administrative reshuffle, reports PTI.

Rajpurohit, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Rajasthan cadre, will hold the post till April 8, 2030. He will replace Sanjay Kumar, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel.

Meanwhile, Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) officer Vivek Khare has been appointed as joint secretary of the National Testing Agency (NTA), the order said.

Who is Prakash Rajpurohit?

Prakash Rajpurohit is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. He reportedly holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and belongs to Barmer, Rajasthan.

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Who is Vivek Khare?

Vivek Khare is a 1996 batch ITS officer. He has been serving as Director in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) since June 2019. Prior to joining CVC, he worked as a director in the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Other key meetings in the framework of bureaucratic restructuring

Ravi Shankar, Chittaranjan Dash, P Manoj Kumar and Abhishek Bhagotia have been appointed as joint secretaries in the home ministry.

Mohammed Y Safirulla K and Ritu Sharma will take over as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Varnali Deka, a 2009-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as joint secretary of the National Health Authority (NHA), while Ashish Madhavrao More will serve as the next executive director in NHA at the level of joint secretary.

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Nikhil Varma has been appointed as the next Director General of Foreign Trade in Delhi.

Other appointments include Tanvi Sundriyal as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Inderjeet Singh as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, according to the order.

Senior IAS officer Tamboli Ayyaj Fakirbhai has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) at the level of Joint Secretary. Rajesh Malik will serve as managing director in the Food Corporation of India, while Navin Agarwal has been appointed as joint secretary in the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Brijesh Pandey will be joint secretary in the Ministry of Capital Development, M Ramachandrudu in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Sonia Pant will serve as a Joint Secretary-level advisor at NITI Aayog.

Nitin Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary at the level of Joint Secretary in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

C Muruganas will take over as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, while Rajneesh Kumar Tomar has been appointed as the Managing Director of National Highways Logistics Management Ltd.

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Nishtha Tiwari has been appointed as the Senior Director of the Development and Social Security Committee for Denofic, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Manisha Trighatia will serve as Joint Secretary in the Department of Urban Development, Avinash Jain in the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Pawan Kumar in the National Directorate of River Conservation. Anita Shah Akella has been appointed as the joint secretary of the National Commission for Women.

Govind Jaiswal will return to the parent squad

In a separate order dated October 9, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the higher education ministry’s proposal for early repatriation of Govind Jaiswal, who was serving as joint secretary in the department, to its parent cadre.

Jaiswal is a 2007 batch IAS officer in the AGMUT cadre, which includes Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories.