Senior civil servant Vibhu Nayar has been appointed additional secretary and financial adviser to the Ministry of External Affairs as part of a high profile bureaucratic reshuffle carried out by the Center on Saturday.

Nayar, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from 1990 from Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently the Executive Director of India Trade Promotion Organization, Department of Commerce.

Besides him, Sumita Dawra was appointed special secretary (logistics) of the industry promotion and domestic trade department, said an order from the Ministry of Personnel.

Shantmanu, development commissioner (handicrafts) at the textile ministry will be assistant secretary and financial adviser at the ministry of consumption, food and public distribution.

Sanjay Rastogi, an IAS Officer in Batch 1991 of the Odisha cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

He is currently Development Commissioner (Handlooms) of the Ministry of Textiles.

Sriram Taranikanti, Additional Secretary, Interstate Council Secretariat, will serve as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Interior.

Khilli Ram Meena has been appointed as an additional secretary and financial adviser to the Ministry of Rural Development, Mahmood Ahmed will be an additional secretary to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Rajesh Agarwal has been appointed as an additional secretary to the Department of Commerce, the order said.

Rohit Kansal will be additional secretary of the Ministry of Textiles and Dipti Mohil Chawla has been appointed as additional secretary of the Ministry of Defence. T Natarajan will be additional secretary of the defense production department, he said.

Peeyush Kumar has been appointed as additional secretary to the commerce department and Kamini Chauhan Ratan will serve as additional secretary and financial adviser to the petroleum and natural gas ministry, the order said.

Pramod Kumar Meherda, director general of the National Food Security Mission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has been appointed as an additional secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, he said. precise.

The Cabinet Appointments Committee approved the local promotion of 12 civil servants.

Subodh Kumar Singh, joint secretary of the food and public distribution department, will serve as additional secretary in the same department.

Rohit Kumar, joint secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat, will now serve as additional secretary at the same location.

Rakesh Gupta has been appointed additional secretary of the president’s secretariat, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi will be additional secretary of the personnel and training department.

Ashish Vachhani has been appointed additional secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, among others, the order says.