Bhopal, Oct. 14 -- The Madhya Pradesh government carried out a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Tuesday night, appointing senior IAS officers Sukhveer Singh and Bharat Yadav as Principal Secretary (PS) to the Chief Minister and Secretary, Public Relations (PR) Department, respectively.
Sukhveer Singh (1997-batch) has been given additional charge of PS along with the new assignment, while Bharat Yadav has been retaining MD MPRDC with the additional charge of the PR Secretary.
Yadav, a 2008-batch IAS officer, has served in several important administrative positions, including Secretary to CM Mohan Yadav, Commissioner of the Urban Administration and Development Department (UADD), and Commissioner of the MP Housing and Infrastructure Development Board.
He has also served as collector in several districts. Yadav is known for his effectiveness, efficiency, humane approach to public service and innovative work in the bureaucracy. His experience spans urban development, infrastructure and government programme implementation.
During his tenure in district administration, Yadav served as Collector of Gwalior, Jabalpur, Morena, Chhindwara, Balaghat, Seoni and Narsinghpur.
In other key changes, Rashmi Arun Shami (1994-batch) has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Public Health and Medical Education Department.
Sanket S Bhondve (2007-batch) has been given additional charge of Resident Commissioner, MP Bhawan, New Delhi, while continuing as Commissioner of the UADD.
Additional charges have been assigned to several officers. KC Gupta (1992-batch) has been given additional charge of ACS, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department. Shobhit Jain (2000-batch) will hold additional charge of PS, Cottage and Village Industries Department.
Among other significant transfers, John Kingsley AR (2004-batch) has been posted as Secretary, MSME Department.
Several district collectors have also been transferred. These include Rajesh Kumar Ogre, who has been posted to Mauganj; Pawan Kumar Jain to Bhind; Arun Kumar Vishwakarma to Jabalpur; Ashish Vashishth to Narmadapuram from his current assignment; Ankit Asthana to Singrauli; Aditya Singh to Balaghat; Harsh Singh to Panna from Burhanpur; Rohit Sisoniya to Raisen; Vivek Kumar to Burhanpur; Parikshit Sanjayrao Zade to Shajapur; and Kumar Satyam to Harda from Balaghat. Sandeep Kerketta has been posted as CEO of IDA, Indore, from his position as Deputy Secretary to the Chief Minister.
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