Lateral Recruitment to Senior Positions in the Government of India

31 candidates have been recommended as Joint Secretary/ Director/ Deputy Secretary in various Ministries/ Departments of the Government on Contract/Deputation basis

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T) requested the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 14.12.2020 and 12.02.2021 to select suitable persons to join the Government at the level of Joint Secretary/ Director/ Deputy Secretary in various Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India on Contract/Deputation basis.

The UPSC launched Online Recruitment Application for Joint Secretary/ Director level Posts on 06.02.2021 with closing date as 22.03.2021 and for Deputy Secretary Level Posts on 20.03.2021 with closing date as 03.05.2021. In response, a total of 295 applications for Joint Secretary Level Posts, 1247 applications for Director Level Posts and 489 applications for Deputy Secretary Level Posts were received.

On the basis of the Online Application Forms submitted by the candidates, the Union Public Service Commission shortlisted 231 candidates for the interviews. The interviews were conducted from 27th September to 8th October 2021 and 31 candidates have been recommended as per the enclosed list.

List of Recommended Candidates

Lateral Recruitments

 S.No. Post MinistryName of the recommended candidate (Shri/Ms)
Joint Secretary
 Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers WelfareMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers WelfareSamuel Praveen Kumar
 Joint Secretary, Department of CommerceMinistry of Commerce and IndustryManish Chadha
 Joint Secretary, Department of RevenueMinistry of FinanceBalasubramanian Krishnamurthy
 Director 
 Director(Agriculture Marketing), Department of Agriculture,Cooperation and Farmers WelfareMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers WelfareKapil Ashok Bendre
 Director(Exports Marketing), Department of CommerceMinistry of Commerce and IndustryNeerajGaba
 Director(Logistics), Department of CommerceMinistry of Commerce and IndustrySagarRameshraoKadu
 Director (Cyber Security in Financial Sector), Department of Economic AffairsMinistry of FinancePrabhu Narayan
 Director( Digital Economy and Fin Tech), Department of Economic AffairsMinistry of FinanceHarshaBhowmik
 Director (Financial Market), Department of Economic AffairsMinistry of FinanceShekhar Chaudhary
 Director(Banking), Department of Financial ServicesMinistry of FinanceHardikMukeshSheth
 Director(Insurance),Department of Financial ServicesMinistry of FinanceMandakiniBalodhi
 Director(Arbitration and Conciliation Laws),  Department of Legal AffairsMinistry of Law and JusticeAvnit Singh Arora
 Director (Cyber Laws),  Department of Legal AffairsMinistry of Law and JusticeHaimanti Bhattacharya
 Director(Warehouse Expertise), Department of Food and Public DistributionMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionMateshwari Prasad Mishra
 Director (Edu Tech), Department of Higher EducationMinistry of EducationGaurav Singh
 Director(ICT Edu), Department of School Education & LiteracyMinistry of EducationEdla Naveen Nicolas
 Director (Media Management),   Department of School Education & LiteracyMinistry of EducationMukta Agarwal
 Director (Water Management), Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga RejuvenationMinistry of Jal ShaktiShiv Mohan Dixit
 Director (Maternal Health Issues)Ministry of Health & Family WelfareGovind Kumar Bansal
 Director (New Technology for Highway Development)Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysBidur Kant Jha
 Director (Aviation Management)Ministry of Civil AviationAvik Bhattacharyya
 Director (Innovation in Education Entrepreneurship)Ministry of Skill Development & EntrepreneurshipSandeshMadhavraoTilekar
Deputy Secretary
 Deputy Secretary (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission), Department of School Education and Literacy.Ministry of EducationReetu Chandra
 Deputy Secretary (Environment Policy)Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change.RuchikaDrall
 Deputy Secretary (Information Technologies)Ministry of Statistics &Programme ImplementationSoumendu Ray
 Deputy Secretary (Iron & Steel Industry)Ministry of SteelSarathy Raja G
 Deputy Secretary (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code)Ministry of Corporate AffairsRajan Jain
 Deputy Secretary (Mining Legislation and Policy)Ministry of MinesDheeraj Kumar
 Deputy Secretary (Sagarmala and PPP)Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterways.Rajesh Asati
 Deputy Secretary (Manufacturing Sector)Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public EnterprisesGaurav Kishor Joshi
 Deputy Secretary (Electricity Distribution)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.Jamiruddin Ansari