In a significant administrative reshuffle, Andhra Pradesh has transferred 19 IAS officers and 2 IPS officers. State Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad issued the orders on Thursday.
Key transfers include G Anantharamu as Special Chief Secretary for Forests, Environmental Science, and Technology, R P Sisodia as Secretary of the Stamps and Registration Department, G Jayalakshmi as Chief Commissioner of CCLA, Kantilal Dande as Principal Secretary of R&B, and Suresh Kumar as Principal Secretary of Investments and Infrastructure, with additional charges of the Village Ward Secretariat and GAD Secretary.
Other notable appointments include Saurabh Gaur as Secretary of the IT Department and RTGS, Yuvaraj as Secretary of Industries, Commerce, and Food Processing Department, Harshvardhan as Secretary of Minority Welfare Department, and P Bhaskar as Secretary of Backward Classes Welfare Department, with additional charge of EWS and GAD Services. The government has transferred K Kannababu as Social Welfare Secretary and given him the additional charge of Commissioner of Tribal Welfare and Panchayati Raj.
Additional transfers include Vinay Chand as Secretary, Vivek Yadav as Secretary of the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Surya Kumari as Secretary of Women and Child Welfare and Differently Abled Welfare, and C Sridhar as Director of Industries. The government has posted J Nivas as Additional Secretary in the Finance Department, appointed Vijayarama Raju as Director of School Education, and assigned Dilli Rao as Director of the Agriculture Department. Himanshu Shukla has taken charge of the Information and Public Relations Department. Additionally, the government has transferred Harikiran from the Agriculture Department and relieved Girija Shankar from the Finance Ministry.
