Major reshuffle in UP: 25 DMs among 64 IAS officers shifted

Utkarsh Dwivedi named chief development officer, Shahjahanpur; Abhinav J Jain named chief development officer, Kanpur; Diksha Joshi named chief development officer, Sitapur; Shruti Sharma named CDO, Hapur; Gamini Singhala named CDO, Badaun; Sunil Kumar Dhanwanta named CDO, Bahraich; Puja Sahu named CDO, Amethi; Rameshwar Sudhakar Sabbanwad named CDO, Jhansi.

Diksha Jain named additional chief executive officer, UP State Industrial Development Authority. Aparajita Singh Sinsinwar named vice-chairman, Bulandshahar-Khurja Development Authority; Pranata Ishwarya appointed vice-chairman, Muzaffarnagar Development Authority.

Prem Ranjan Singh named additional state project director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and director, mid day meal; Abhishek Pandey named additional land consolidation commissioner, Revenue Board; Sanjeev Ranjan named special secretary, agriculture; J Ribha named special secretary, geology and minerals department.

Junaid Ahmed named additional labour commissioner, Kanpur; Himanshu Gautam appointed vice-chairman, Jhansi Development Corporation; Mukesh Chandra appointed vice-chairman, Hapur-Pilkhua Development Corporation; Keshav Kumar named registrar, Ram Manohar Lohia Law University.

Durga Shakti Nagpal was made divisional commissioner of Devi Patan division; Ravindra Singh is special secretary, energy; Mridul Chaudhary is special secretary, tourism; Ashvini Kumar Pandey director, minority welfare; Harshita Mathur director, child development and nutrition.

New district magistrates were appointed for multiple districts: Gaurang Rathi (Jhansi), Kumar Harsh (Bulandshahr), Arvind Kumar Chauhan (Saharanpur), Nidhi Gupta Vats (Fatehpur), Ghanshyam Meena (Unnao), Anjani Kumar Singh (Lakhimpur Kheri), Indramani Tripathi (Mainpuri), Manish Bansal (Agra), Brajesh Kumar (Auraiya), Alok Yadav (Shamli), Abhishek Goyal (Hamirpur), Indrajit Singh (Sultanpur), Annapurna Garg (Shravasti), Nitin Gaud (Amroha), Saranjit Kaur Broca (Rae Bareli), Avinash Kumar (Aligarh), Arvind Singh (Etah), Amit Aseri (Banda), Ankur Lathar (Farrukhabad), Kavita Meena (Hapur), Esha Priya (Ambedkar Nagar), Charchit Gaur (Sonbhadra), Anupam Shukla (Ghazipur), Shashank Tripathi (Ayodhya), Ishan Pratap Singh (Barabanki).

Shashi Bhushan Lal Sushil was appointed principal secretary, MSME and export promotion, with the MSME and export promotion charge withdrawn from the additional chief secretary, infrastructure and industrial development department.

Kinjal Singh was appointed secretary in the secondary education department and Ashutosh Niranjan, previously wait-listed, was made transport commissioner. Two IAS officers, Aravind Mallappa Bangari and Nikhil Tikaram Funde, were posted as special secretaries in the Chief Minister's Office.

2010 batch IAS officer Nitish Kumar was appointed managing director of UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL). Bulandshahr DM Shruti was named MD of Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam, Agra. Pankaj Kumar (2002 batch), previously UPPCL MD, moved on central deputation as joint secretary in the power ministry for five years.

The second list of 24 IAS officers was released in the Monday evening, completing the 64-officer reshuffle that results in new district magistrates taking charge in 25 districts.

The Uttar Pradesh government released the transfer list of 40 IAS officers late on Sunday night, initiating the two-phase cadre reshuffle that would ultimately involve 64 officers and changes across 25 districts.