Tamil Nadu Carries Out Sweeping IAS Reshuffle with Over 30 Officers Reassigned

The Tamil Nadu government has executed a comprehensive reshuffle of its Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, reassigning more than 30 officials to a wide range of departments, commissionerates and district collectorates in a sweeping administrative reorganisation. In key departmental postings, Mrs E Sundaravalli has been transferred to the Public and Rehabilitation Department as Special Secretary, while Mrs R Lalitha assumes the role of Secretary in the Finance Department's Expenditure wing. A K Kamal Kishore and M S Prasanth have been placed as Joint Secretaries in the Finance Department. Mrs R Alagumeena takes charge as Deputy Secretary in Health and Family Welfare; Mrs Pooja Kulkarni as Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise; V Amuthavalli as Commissioner, Rural Development; and P Ponniah as Commissioner, Collegiate Education. Further postings include Dr T G Vinay as Commissioner for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments; R Kannan as Commissioner, Sugar, while also retaining additional charge as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency; and B Priyanka as Director, Town Panchayats. In district administration, P Akash has been appointed District Collector of Madurai; K J Praveen takes charge at Nagapattinam; Dr R Vaithinathan at Theni; V Saravanan at Dharmapuri; Pratik Tayal at Tiruchirappalli; Vandana Garg at Tiruvannamalai; J E Padmaja at Kallakurichi; N Priya at Ranipet; L Madhubalan at Namakkal; Anand Mohan at Tirunelveli; P S Leela Alex at Vellore; R Revathi at Thanjavur; and Dr M Veerappan at Chengalpattu. Among other postings, K Tharpagaraj becomes Additional Registrar of Co-operative Societies; R Sadheesh takes charge as Director for Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non-Resident Tamils; Mangat Ram Sharma is appointed CMD of Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation; J Jayakanthan as CMD of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation; E Saravanavelraj as MD of Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited; P N Sridhar as MD of Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation; S P Karthikaa as CEO of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority; R V Shajeevana as MD of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation; Simranjeet Singh Kahlon as Member Secretary of the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust; B Ganesan as MD of New Tiruppur Area Development Corporation; Ranjeet Singh as MD of Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited; and V R Subbulaxmi as Chief Operating Officer of the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project.