PANAJI
With the new ministers settled in their respective portfolios, the Government on Tuesday issued transfer orders allocating new secretaries to various departments.
Chief Secretary Punit Kumar Goel has been allocated charge as secretary of vigilance, home, personnel and ARD, PWD, Civil Aviation, Mines and Geology, Finance, Planning and Statistics, Forest, Town and Country Planning.
P S Reddy has been appointed secretary of ports, river navigation, fisheries, archaeology, archives and legal metrology.
Sanjay Gihar has been appointed as secretary for water resources, rural development, panchayats, art and culture, public grievances and is also appointed as nodal officer Swachch Bharat Mission (Rural) and Pradhan Mantri Antyoday Yojana (Rural).
Chokha Ram Garg has been given a charge as secretary of law and judiciary and legislative affairs, skill development and entrepreneurship. cooperation, handicrafts, textile and coir, PPP division, industries, trade and commerce.
Ramesh Verma has been given charge as secretary urban development, information and publicity, science, technology and waste management and also given charge as nodal officer Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and Pradhan Mantri Antryoday Yojana (Urban).
Jyoti Kumari will be collector of South Goa district, replacing Ruchika Katyal who will be now posted as commissioner of state taxes, while Director of Industries and Commerce Swetika Sachan has been given additional charge of Chief Executive officer of Entertainment Society of Goa.
Michale D'Souza has been posted as Managing Director of GIDC with additional charge of Director Training (GIPARD), while Sandip Jacques has been given charge as secretary of general administration, protocol, labour and employment, revenue.
Ravi Dhavan has been posted as secretary education, factories and boilers, tribal welfare, tourism and CEO of IPSCDL, Goa CSR authority.
Arun Kumar Mishra has been appointed secretary of social welfare, provedoria, official language, goa gazetteer, environment, agriculture and animal husbandry veterinary services.
Y V V J Rajasekhar has been posted as secretary of power, new and renewable energy, health, women and child development, museum, while Ajit Roy will be secretary to the chief minister, Sports and Youth Affairs and Information Technology.
Sanjith Rodrigues will be secretary to housing, printing and stationery, civil supplies, Goa State Commission of protection of Child Rights.
The government has appointed Sanjeev Ahuja as resident commissioner of Goa Sadan in New Delhi
Meanwhile, Dr Tariq Thomas (Secretary of Urban Development), Hemant Kumar (Secretary of General Administration) and Vandana Rao (Director of Sports and Youth Affairs) have been relieved from the administration with effect from May 13. They will join their next posting in the New Delhi administration.
The transfer orders have been issued by Under Secretary (Personnel) Vishal Kundaikar on behalf of the governor.
