In another major administrative reshuffle, 20 IAS officers have received new postings in Gujarat. Banchha Nidhi Pani has been appointed as the Municipal Commissioner of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, while Swaroop P. has taken over as the Industries Commissioner in Gandhinagar. Avantika Singh Aulakh, currently Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been assigned additional charge as Managing Director of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. in Vadodara.
Other appointments include Pravinbhai K. Solanki as Director General of the Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute in Ahmedabad, Dr. Rahul Babulal Gupta as Secretary to the Government in the Climate Change Department, and Ranjeeth Kumar J. as State Project Director of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. Ms. Remya Mohan Muthadath has been appointed as Commissioner of Municipalities Administration and Ex-Officio Managing Director of the Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd., along with an additional role as Additional Chief Executive Officer of the Gujarat Urban Development Mission.
Sandip Janardanpant Sagale has been designated as Director General of the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG), while R.S. Ninama will serve as Secretary of the Gujarat State Human Rights Commission. Dr. Kuldeep Arya has been promoted to the Super Time Scale (STS) and will continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Special Project (Dholera SIR & Mandal-Becharaji SIR) under the Industries & Mines Department. Similarly, Dr. (Ms.) Ratankanvar H. Gadhavicharan has been promoted to STS and appointed as Commissioner of Health (Rural) and Ex-Officio Mission Director of the National Health Mission.
Further promotions include Ms. Praveena D.K., who has been appointed as Vice Chairperson & Managing Director of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), and Nagarajan M., who has been appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) in Ahmedabad. Vijaykumar Lalubhai Kharadi has been appointed as Managing Director of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.
Other officers promoted to STS include B.A. Shah as Settlement Commissioner & Director of Land Records, Mahesh I. Patel as Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Enterprises in the Finance Department, and B.P. Chauhan as a Full-time Member and Member Secretary of the Fourth State Finance Commission in Gandhinagar. B.K. Pandya has been appointed as Commissioner of Land Reforms and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government in the Revenue Department, while D.J. Jadeja will continue as Chief Town Planner in the Urban Development & Urban Housing Department. Sujeet Kumar has been transferred and appointed as the Collector of Ahmedabad.