Kerala government transfers 35 IAS officers in bureaucratic reshuffle
The state administration has reassigned several senior officials to new roles across various departments, according to The Hindu.
The Kerala government has transferred 35 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in a major reshuffle of the state bureaucracy, The Hindu reported. The move involves several high-level reassignments across multiple government departments in Thiruvananthapuram.
K.R. Jyothilal, previously the Additional Chief Secretary for Finance, Taxes, and Public Procurement Advisory and the Rebuild Kerala Initiative, will now serve as Additional Chief Secretary for the Home and Vigilance departments. He is also assigned the full additional charge of the Water Resources, Housing, and Coir (Industries) departments.
Minhaj Alam, the former Additional Chief Secretary for Home and Vigilance, has been moved to the role of Additional Chief Secretary for the Finance department. He will also manage the Taxes and Public Procurement Advisory departments, the Rebuild Kerala Initiative, and the Kerala Financial Corporation.
In other changes, Mohammed Hanish A.P.M. will become the Additional Chief Secretary for Health and Family Welfare, while also overseeing Ayush, General Education, Revenue (Waqf), and Minority Welfare. Sharmila Mary Joseph, formerly Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare and Ayush, has been appointed Principal Secretary of the Transport department and will also manage Women and Child Development.
M.G. Rajamanickam, the current chairman and managing director of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited, has been appointed Secretary of the Local Self-Government department. He will maintain his additional charge of the Revenue (Devaswom) department and the Commissioner role for Guruvayur and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms.