In a significant administrative reshuffle, the Jharkhand Government on 18th June 2025 (Wednesday) transferred 57 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across various departments. The Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Official Language issued the official notification, directed all officers to immediately take charge at their newly assigned postings. According to the government order, the reshuffle includes fresh appointments, inter-departmental transfers, and allocation of additional responsibilities to several senior officers.
Secretaries and Commissioners Level Appointments
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Mr. Amitabh Kaushal (JH-2001) – Secretary, Commercial Tax Department; given additional charge of Secretary, Excise Department.
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Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma (JH-2003) – Secretary, Disaster Management; given additional charge of Commissioner, Public Safety.
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Mr. A. Dodde (JH-2011) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Revenue, Land Reforms and Registration Department, with additional charge of Director, Land Acquisition and Measurement.
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Mr. Sandeep Singh (JH-2012) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Finance Department, with additional charge of Director, Survey Directorate, Pension and Accounts Directorate.
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Mr. Akshay Kumar Singh (JH-2012) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Project and Development Department.
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Mr. Manohar Marandi (JH-2012) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, with additional charge of Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission.
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Mr. Gholap Ramesh (JH-2012) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, with additional charge of Managing Director, Jal Jeevan Mission.
Additional Charges to Senior Secretaries
- Mr. Arwa Rajkamal (JH-2008) – Secretary, Housing Development Department, holding multiple additional charges:
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Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology
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Secretary, Department of Industries
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Chairman, Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (JSMDC)
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Managing Director, Jharkhand State Housing Development Corporation
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Resident Commissioner, Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi
Now also assigned additional charge of Commissioner, Mines.
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Director-Level Appointments
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Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Besra (JH-2012) – Appointed as Commissioner, Transport.
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Mr. Ravi Shankar Shukla (JH-2012) – Appointed as Commissioner, Excise, with additional charge of Managing Director, Jharkhand State Beverages Corporation Limited (JSBCL).
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Mr. Vishal Sagar (JH-2016) – Appointed as Director, Industries.
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Ms. Kumud Sahay (JH-2012) – Appointed as Director, Economics and Statistics.
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Mr. Shekhar Jamuar (JH-2011) – Appointed as Director, Sports, with additional charge of Executive Director, Jharkhand Sports Authority.
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Ms. Rajeshwari B (JH-2011) – Appointed as Director, Panchayati Raj.
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Mr. Shashi Prakash Jha (JH-2011) – Appointed as Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM).
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Ms. Neha Arora (JH-2012) – Appointed as Special Secretary, Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare, with additional charge of Executive Director, Jharkhand State Arogya Society and Project Director, Jharkhand State AIDS Control Society.
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Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar Vikram – Appointed as Commissioner, Labour, with additional charge of Director, Employment and Training.
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Mr. Aditya Kumar Anand (JH-2013) – Appointed as Director, Animal Husbandry.
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Mr. Jishan Qumar (JH-2013) – Appointed as Director, Dairy Development, with additional charge of Managing Director, Jharkhand State Agriculture Trading Council.
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Mr. Mrityunjay Kumar (JH-2013) – Commissioner, MGNREGA; given additional charge of CEO, Jharkhand State Inland Water Resources.
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Mr. Kiran Pasi (JH-2013) – Director, Social Welfare Department; given additional charge of CEO, Tejaswini Project.
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Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh (JH-2013) – Appointed as Additional Secretary, SC/ST/OBC Welfare, with additional charge of Director, Ramdayal Munda Tribal Research Institute.
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Ms. Nancy Sahay (JH-2014) – Appointed as Director, Urban Administration, Urban Development & Housing Board, Ranchi.
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Mr. Kuldeep Choudhary (JH-2014) – Appointed as Commissioner, Tribal Welfare.
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Mr. Bhor Singh Yadav (JH-2014) – Appointed as Director, Agriculture.
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Mr. Shashi Ranjan (JH-2014) – Appointed as Registrar, Cooperative Society, with additional charge of CEO, Sidho-Kanho Agriculture & Forest Products Cooperative Union.
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Mr. Manoj Kumar Ranjan (JH-2014) – Appointed as Director, Primary Education.
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Mr. Sudhir Bada (JH-2014) – Appointed as Director, Higher Education.
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Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta (JH-2014) – Appointed as Additional Secretary, Higher & Technical Education.
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Ms. Madhvi Mishra (JH-2015) – Appointed as Director, Horticulture.
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Mr. Anany Mittal (JH-2015) – Appointed as CEO, Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS).
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Ms. Vijya Jadhav Narayan (JH-2015) – Appointed as Director, Tourism.
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Ms. Megha Bhardwaz (JH-2016) – Appointed as Inspector General, Registration.
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Ms. Garima Singh (JH-2016) – Appointed as Managing Director, JharCraft.
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Mr. Himanshu Mohan (JH-2016) – Appointed as Joint Secretary, Home, Prisons and Disaster Management.
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Mr. Lokesh Mishra (JH-2016) – Appointed as Exam Controller, JPSC.
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Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh (JH-2016) – Appointed as Director, Social Security.
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Mr. Vaghmare Prasad Krishna (JH-2011) – Appointed as Additional Director, RIMS.
Urban & Industrial Appointments
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Mr. Sushant Gaurav (JH-2014) – Appointed as Municipal Commissioner, Ranchi Municipal Corporation.
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Mr. Varun Ranjan (JH-2014) – MD, Jharkhand Industrial Infrastructure Development Council; given additional charge as MD, Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority.
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Mr. Suraj Kumar (JH-2013) – Appointed as Director, State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), with additional charge of CEO, Smart City and MD, Jharkhand State Housing Board.
Deputy Development Commissioners (DDC) – Appointed in 12 Districts
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Mr. Deepak Kumar Dubey (JH-2019) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Godda
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Mr. Sourabh Kumar Bhuvania (JH-2019) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Ranchi; additional charge as MD, JSMCL
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Mr. Javed Hussain (JH-2019) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Palamu
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Mr. Alok Kumar (JH-2019) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Khunti
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Mr. Ravi Jain (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Koderma
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Mr. Dipankar Choudhary (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Simdega
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Mr. Ashish Agarwal (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Ramgarh
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Mr. Aniket Sachan (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Dumka
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Mr. Piyush Sinha (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Deoghar
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Ms. Reena Hansda (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Seraikela-Kharsawan
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Ms. Shatabdi Majumdar (JH-2020) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Bokaro
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Mr. Sayad Riyaz Ahmad (JH-2019) – DDC-cum-CEO, District Council, Latehar
Deputy Commissioners Given Additional Charges
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Mr. Karn Satyarthi (JH-2016) – Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum; given additional charge as Settlement Officer, and Administrator, Subarnarekha Project, Jamshedpur
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Ms. Sameera S. (JH-2018) – Deputy Commissioner, Palamu; given additional charge as Settlement Officer, Palamu
