3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Aug 11, 2026 09:06 AM IST
Modifying its earlier order, the federal government on Monday appointed Deepti Gaur Mukerjee because the new Higher Education Secretary instead of Naresh Pal Gangwar.
In an order, the Division of Personnel and Coaching mentioned that “In partial modification of earlier order” issued on July 23, the Appointments Committee of the Cupboard (ACC) has accredited the appointment of Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs, as Secretary, Division of Increased Training.
She succeeds Vineet Joshi, who has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Previous to the order, Mukerjee, a 1993-batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was serving because the Company Affairs Secretary.
It was on July 23 that the federal government appointed Gangwar as the brand new Increased Training Secretary following Joshi’s switch. The transfer got here in view of the scholars’ protests in Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leaks.
Nevertheless, Joshi continued to carry the workplace till date, leaving Gangwar unable to take up his new task. The previous was imagined to take over as the brand new Panchayati Raj Secretary after the incumbent Vivek Bharadwaj superannuated on July 31. However he didn’t. As Joshi remained in his function as Increased Training Secretary, Gangwar continued in his, because the Secretary of the Division of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Gangwar is a 1994-batch AIS officer from the Rajasthan cadre. His household earlier acquired Rs 1.16 crore subsidy for his or her cucumber farm beneath a Central scheme.
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In one other batch of transfers, the ACC appointed V Okay Kantha Rao, a 1992-batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, as OSD, Division of Official Language, MHA, within the rank and pay of Secretary to the Authorities of India.
He’ll be a part of his new task after Ansuli Arya, who superannates on September 30, 2026. Roa is presently the Secretary of the Division of Water Assets, River Improvement and Ganga Rejuvenation, beneath the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Archana Varma, a 1995-batch IAS officer from Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who was earlier appointed because the OSD within the Division of Official Language, will now succeed Rao as new Water Assets Secretary.
In the meantime, Youth Affairs Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs, and Sushil Kumar Lohani, a 1995-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, has been appointed as Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India.
