new appointments at the Centre.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments, on in-situ elevation

(i) Shri Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, IAS(UP.76), as DG, Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(ii) Shri Raminder Singh Gujral, IAS(HY.76), as DGFT, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(iii) Shri Ajoy Acharya, IAS(MP.76), as Special Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence;

(iv) Shri Pradeep Kumar Misra, IAS(UP.76), as Establishment Officer and Special Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;

(v) Shri S. Sundareshan, IAS(KL.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas;

(vi) Shri Uday Kumar Varma, IAS(MP.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;

(vii) Ms. Anita Chudhary, IAS(HY.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs;

(viii) Shri Sumit Bose, IAS(MP.76), as Secretary, 13^th Finance Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(ix) Shri R. Gopalan, IAS(TN.76), as Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry;

(x) Shri Mathew C Kunnumkal, IAS(KL.76), as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Chemical & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers;

(xi) Shri Pramod Deepak Sudhakar, IAS(UP.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs;

(xii) Shri M. Raman, IAS(TN.76), as DGS&D, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xiii) Shri A. Didar Singh, IAS(PB.76), as Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xiv) Shri Subramanyam Vijay Kumar, IAS(HP.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Mines;

(xv) Shri Rajen Habib Khwaja, IAS(AP.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests;

(xvi) Shri Samirendra Chatterjee, IAS(AM.76), as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xvii) Shri Sutanu Behuria, IAS(HP.76), as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry;

(xviii) Shri Anil Kumar, IAS(NL.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Power;

(xix) Shri K.S. Money, IAS(RJ.76), as Member (Administration), National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xx) Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS(BH.76), as DG(Acquisition), Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence, in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxi) Shri Dhruv Vijai Singh, IAS(MT.76), as Special Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;

(xxii) Shri Anil Bhushan Prasad, IAS(BH.76), as Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxiii) Shri V. Venkateshwara Bhat, IAS(UT.76), as Member (Finance), Atomic Energy Commission/ Space Commission/ Earth Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxiv) Shri P. Uma Shanker, IAS(UP.76), as Chairman and Managing Director, Rural Electrification Corporation, in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxv) Shri Anwar Ehsan Ahmad, IAS(MT.76), as Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs;

(xxvi) Shri Prabeer Kumar Basu, IAS(BH.76), as Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture;

(xxvii) Shri Sayan Chatterjee, IAS(KL.76), as Director General, Sports Authority of India, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxviii) Shri Naba Kumar Das, IAS(AM.76), as Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture;

(xxix) Ms. Minnie Mathew, IAS(AP.76), as Chairman, Coconut Development Board, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxx) Shri K.S. Ramasubban, IAS(WB.76), as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, in the rank and pay of Secretary;

(xxxi) Shri Bishnu Charan Khatua, IAS(MH.76), as Chairman, Forward Markets Commission, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, in the pay of Secretary;

(xxxii) Shri Shashi Prakash, IAS(MT.76), as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs in the pay of Secretary.