Senior IAS
officer Rajeev Kher has been appointed Secretary in Department of Commerce.
Kher, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar
Pradesh cadre, is presently Special Secretary, Department of Commerce under
Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He will take over from S R Rao, a 1978-batch
IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, after his retirement on January 31, a press
release issued today by Ministry of Personnel said.
Sudarsanam
Srinivasan, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, has been appointed Member
(Finance), Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Commissions.
Srinivasan, who is presently Special
Secretary and Financial Adviser in Department of Space, has been appointed in
the rank and pay of Secretary following retirement of A P Joshi, a 1978-batch
IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
A Vijayanand, a
1980-batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (C&CE), will be Additional
Secretary and Financial Adviser in Department of Space, it said.
V S Madan,
Director General and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI)
has been given one year extension, till March 2015.
The tenure of Madan, a 1981-batch IAS officer
of AGMUT cadre, was to end on March 28 this year. The Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet (ACC) has approved extension of tenure of J Sathyanarayana, a
1977-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, as Secretary, Department of
Electronics and Information Technology till his superannuation due on April 30.