The Government of India has reshuffled around 16  joint secretaries in various central government departments. Out of these 16, six are IAS and the rest are from IRS and Indian Information Service (IIS), among others.

U Venkateswarlu, a 1986 batch Ias Officer of Tripura cadre and current Financial Commissioner, Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment has been appointed JS, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. Sandhya Shukla, an officer of Indian Audit and Accounts Service, will be new Financial Commissioner of ESIC.

Anita Karwal, a 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed Joint Secretary (JS) in Department of School Education and Literacy for five years. She has replaced Satbir Bedi, an IAS officer of 1986 batch.

Shri Prakash, an officer of Central Secretariat Service, will be JS in home ministry in place of Veena K Meena, an lAS of 1993 batch.

Venudhar Reddy Nukala, an IIS officer, has been appointed as JS, department of investment and public asset management.

IRS officer Ruby Srivastava will be director (finance), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.  Niva Singh and Vandita Kaul will be joint secretaries in Ministry of Minority Affairs and Department of Financial Services, respectively.

Aparna S Sharma, also from the same service, will be JS, department of chemicals and petrochemicals in place of Avinash P Das Joshi, a 1994 IAS.

Raman Kant Mishra, an officer of Indian Forest Service, has been named as additional director general, National Museum under the ministry of culture. Chandrakar Bharti, will be JS, department of defence production.