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Bureaucratic reshuffle: Senior IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee named new Higher Education Secy

New
Delhi,
Aug
10
(PTI):
Se io
bu eauc at
Deepti
Gau
Muke jee
has
bee
appoi ted
as
the
ew
Highe
Educatio
Sec eta y,
as
pa t
of
a
top-level
bu eauc atic
eshuffle
effected
by
the
Ce t e
o
Mo day.

She
succeeds
Vi eet
Joshi,
who
was
appoi ted
last
mo th
as
the
Sec eta y,
Mi ist y
of
Pa chayati
Raj.

I cide tally,
Na esh
Pal
Ga gwa ,
Sec eta y,
Depa tme t
of
A imal
Husba d y
a d
Dai yi g,
was
also
amed
as
the
Highe
Educatio
Sec eta y,
i
place
of
Joshi.

I
a
pa tial
modificatio
of
its
July
23
o de ,
the
Pe so el
Mi ist y
a ou ced
late
o
Mo day
ight
that
the
Appoi tme ts
Committee
of
the
Cabi et
has
app oved
Muke jee’s
appoi tme t
as
the
ew
Highe
Educatio
Sec eta y.

He
appoi tme t
comes
i
the
wake
of
the
Natio al
Eligibility
cum
E t a ce
Test
(NEET)
pape
leak
co t ove sy.

Muke jee,
a
1993
batch
I dia
Admi ist ative
Se vice
(IAS)
office
of
Madhya
P adesh
cad e,
is
cu e tly
se vi g
as
the
Co po ate
Affai s
Sec eta y.

Youth
Affai s
Sec eta y
Pallavi
Jai
Govil
will
ow
be
the
Co po ate
Affai s
Sec eta y
i
place
of
Muke jee,
the
Mo day
o de
said.

Su il
Paliwal,
Chai ma
of
the
I la d
Wate ways
Autho ity
of
I dia
(IWAI),
has
bee
amed
the
ew
Youth
Affai s
Sec eta y
i
place
of
Govil.

Sushil
Kuma
Loha i,
Office
o
Special
Duty,
Cabi et
Sec eta iat,
will
succeed
Paliwal
as
the
ew
Chai ma , IWAI.

V
L
Ka tha
Rao,
Sec eta y,
Wate
Resou ces,
Rive
Developme t
a d
Ga ga
Rejuve atio ,
has
bee
appoi ted
as
the
Office
o
Special
Duty
(OSD),
Depa tme t
of
Official
La guage
i
the
Mi ist y
of
Home
Affai s.

The
office
will
take
ove
as
Sec eta y,
Depa tme t
of
Official
La guage
afte
the
supe a uatio
of
i cumbe t
A suli
A ya
at
the
e d
of
ext
mo th.

Se io
bu eauc at
A cha a
Va ma
will
be
the
ew
Sec eta y,
Depa tme t
of
Wate
Resou ces,
Rive
Developme t
a d
Ga ga
Rejuve atio
i
place
of
Rao.

Va ma,
a
1995
batch
IAS
office
of
the
Assam-Meghalaya
cad e,
is
cu e tly
se vi g
as
Missio
Di ecto ,
Natio al
Wate
Missio .
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