Gujarat govt transfers 11 bureaucrats

S Aparna has been appointed as principal secretary to chief minister

In a minor reshuffle, the Gujarat government on Thursday transferred 11 bureaucrats, including S Aparna, who was appointed as the principal secretary to chief minister.

According to the notification issued by the state General Administration Department (GAD), 1988-batch IAS officer Aparna, who was till now principal secretary with the finance department (economic affairs) has been transferred as principal secretary to the chief minister. She replaces G C Murmu, who was transferred to Delhi. Aparna is replaced by Commissioner of Geology and Mining T Nararajan, who is now appointed as the Secretary in Finance Department (Economic Affairs).

1984-batch IAS officer Arvind Agrawal was transferred and appointed as additional chief secretary, industries and mines department replacing 1985-batch bureaucrat Atanu Chakraborty, who has been transferred to energy and petrochemicals department. Chakraborty has been appointed the managing director of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPC), a post which he was initially holding in additional charge.

Replacing Agarwal as Additional chief secretary (primary and secondary education) is Sujit Gulati. He has been appointed as Principal secretary (primary and secondary education).

Arunkumar Solanki has been appointed as principal secretary in agriculture and cooperation department. Earlier, he held the post in additional charge. Further, Solanki will hold the additional charge of principal secretary (animal husbandry, cow breeding, fisheries and cooperation).

1990-batch IAS officer Manoj Aggarwal, who was till now the settlement commissioner and director of land records, has been has been appointed as the managing director of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), falling under the industries and mines department.

Sanjay Kaul, managing director of Tourism Corporation of Gujarat (TCGL) Ltd and ex-officio commissioner of tourism has been made the full-fledged MD of Gujarat Informatics Ltd, a post he held as additional charge.

V Thiruppugazh, commissioner of rural development and secretary in panchayats, rural housing and rural development department has been transferred as the new director general of Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute in Ahmedabad, falling under the labour and employment department.

Manoj Kumar Das, currently serving as joint MD of GSPC Ltd is now transferred as the principal secretary in food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department.

Sonal Mishra, serving as the secretary (tourism) in industries and mines department, has been transferred and appointed as the MD of Gujarat Industrial Power Company Ltd.