MP Govt Transfers 20 IAS Officers in Major Reshuffle

K.C. Gupta (1992), who was serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries Department, has been assigned the additional responsibility of Horticulture and Food Processing Department while continuing as Agriculture Production Commissioner.

Rajendra Kumar Singh (1997) has been shifted from the Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department to the Forest Department as Principal Secretary, while retaining the additional charge of the Anand Department.

Sandeep Yadav (2000) has been transferred from the Forest Department to the Water Resources Department and will continue to hold the NRI portfolio.

John Kingsley I.R. (2004) has been appointed Secretary, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion and MSME departments, while Dr. Sudam P. Khade (2006), Commissioner of Indore Division, has been posted as Secretary to the Chief Minister.

Bhaskar Lakshakar (2010), Commissioner-cum-Director of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, has been appointed Commissioner, Indore Division.

Among district-level postings, Ajay Katesariya (2012) has been appointed Collector of Ratlam, Rtankar Jha (2012) as Collector of Anuppur, Misha Singh (2016) as Collector of Shahdol, Divyank Singh (2017) as Collector of Mandsaur, Sher Singh Meena (2017) as Collector of Agar Malwa and Guru Prasad (2017) as Collector of Khargone.

Kedar Singh (2012), who was serving as Collector of Shahdol, has been shifted as Additional Secretary, Public Works Department.

Harshal Pancholi (2015) has been appointed Executive Director of EPCO, Bhopal, while Aditi Garg (2015) has been posted as Development Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, with additional charge as Deputy Secretary in the department.

Preeti Yadav (2016) has been appointed Managing Director of the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation, Indore.

Siddharth Jain (2018) has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Chief Secretary's Office, while Himanshu Prajapati (2019) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the District Panchayat, Indore.

The reshuffle also assigned additional responsibilities to several senior officers.

Additional Chief Secretary Neeraj Mandloi (1993) has been given additional charge of the Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion and MSME departments, while Principal Secretary Manish Singh (1997) has been entrusted with the additional charge of the Energy Department.

Principal Secretary E. Ramesh Kumar (1999) has been given additional charge of the Narmada Valley Development Department and its associated organisations.