Ashwani Kumar, Ashish Chandra Verma, Shailendra Kumar, M. Raju Among Officers Given New Assignments
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered a major bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring and posting 22 IAS and JKAS officers with immediate effect in the interest of administration.
The changes have been approved by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha have been notified through Government Order No. 230-JK(GAD) of 2026.
Ashwani Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1992), has been posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Power Development Department, and will also hold additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Mining Department.
Dr. Ashish Chandra Verma, IAS (AGMUT: 1994), Financial Commissioner (ACS), Tourism Department, will additionally hold charge of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture Production Department. Shailendra Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1995), has been transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner (ACS), Finance Department.
M. Raju, IAS (AGMUT: 2005), Commissioner/Secretary, GAD, will also hold additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department. R. Alice Vaz, IAS (AGMUT: 2005), has been posted as Commissioner/Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, and will additionally serve as Administrative Secretary, Information Department.
Yasha Mudgal, IAS (AGMUT: 2007), has been transferred as Commissioner/Secretary, Cooperatives Department, while Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, IAS (AGMUT: 2009), has been posted as Commissioner/Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department.
Dr. Piyush Singla, IAS (AGMUT: 2012), Secretary, IT Department, will also hold additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Public Grievances Department. Babila Rakwal, JKAS, has been appointed as Commissioner/Secretary, Science and Technology Department.
Anjali Sehrawat, IAS (AGMUT: 2013), has been appointed Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, while Nidhi Malik, IAS (AGMUT: 2013), has been posted as Inspector General of Registration, J&K.
Owais Ahmed, IAS (AGMUT: 2014), has been posted as Director, Skill Development, J&K, and Dr. Sagar D. Dattatray, IAS (AGMUT: 2014), as Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Kashmir.
At the district level, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, IAS (RJ: 2016), has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Budgam; Kumar Abhishek, IAS (AGMUT: 2016), as Deputy Commissioner, Reasi; and Akriti Sagar, IAS (AGMUT: 2016), as Managing Director, National Health Mission, J&K, with additional charge as Special Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department.
Dr. Bilal Mohiud Din Bhat, IAS (AGMUT: 2017), has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag; Minga Sherpa, IAS (AGMUT: 2017), as Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur; and Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid, IAS (AM: 2017), as Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla.
Harvinder Singh, IAS (AGMUT: 2019), has been posted as Director, Employment, J&K, and will also hold additional charge as CEO, Mission Youth and Mission Director, Mission YUVA. Shahzad Alam, IAS (AGMUT: 2019), has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, while Krishan Lal, JKAS, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Doda.
The order states that all transfers and postings shall take effect immediately. (GNS)
