Bureaucratic reshuffle: Deepti Gaur Mukerjee named new higher education secretary

Muke jee
will
ow
succeed
Vi eet
Joshi,
who
was
last
mo th
appoi ted
as
sec eta y,
Pa chayati
Raj
(File
photo)

NEW
DELHI:
I
a
late- ight
bu eauc atic
eshuffle
Mo day,
govt
appoi ted
Deepti
Gau
Muke jee,
a
1993-batch
IAS
f om
the
Madhya
P adesh
cad e
as
ew
highe
educatio
sec eta y.
This
comes
ba ely
th ee
weeks
afte
Na esh
Pal
Ga gwa ,
a
Rajastha
cad e
IAS
office ,
was
amed
to
become
highe
educatio
sec eta y,
but
it
was
put
i
abeya ce.His
appoi tme t
had
d aw
public
c iticism
o
social
media
because
his
family
membe s
p eviously
eceived
ove
Rs
1
c o e
i
govt
ho ticultu e
subsidies
fo
comme cial
cucumbe
cultivatio
u de
a
Natio al
Ho ticultu e
Boa d
scheme.
The
last
t a che
of
the
subsidy
was
eleased
afte
he
took
cha ge
as
sec eta y,
depa tme t
of
a imal
husba d y
a d
dai yi g.

As
pe
a
pe so el
depa tme t
o de ,
Muke jee
will
ow
succeed
Vi eet
Joshi,
who
was
last
mo th
appoi ted
as
sec eta y,
Pa chayati
Raj.
Muke jee
is
cu e tly
se vi g
as
co po ate
affai s
sec eta y.
Cu e t
youth
affai s
sec eta y
Pallavi
Jai
Govil
will
be
the
ew
co po ate
affai s
sec eta y.Sushil
Kuma
Loha i,
office
o
special
duty,
Cabi et
Sec eta iat,
has
bee
appoi ted
as
chai ma ,
I la d
Wate ways
Autho ity
of
I dia
(IWAI).
Su il
Paliwal,
i cumbe t
IWAI
chai ma
will
be
ew
youth
affai s
a d
spo ts
sec eta y.Govt
also
appoi ted
Assam-Meghalaya
cad e
IAS,
A cha a
Ve ma
as
the
ew
sec eta y
of
wate
esou ces
a d
Ga ga
ejuve atio
depa tme t
by
eplaci g
i cumbe t
sec eta y
V
L
Ka tha
Rao.