Senior IAS officer Rajiv Kumar today took over as Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Personnel.
Kumar, a 1984-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, was working as Additional Secretary in the Department of Expenditure under the Finance Ministry.
"He has taken over the new post from today," a senior Personnel Ministry said.
Kumar has been appointed as EO and Additional Secretary in the Ministry in the vacancy of B P Sharma, who was earlier appointed as Health Secretary.
The Establishment Officer's Division processes all proposals for senior government appointments.
