Kerala government effects major IAS reshuffle across key departments
Senior bureaucrats have been reassigned to portfolios including Home, Finance, Health, Power, and Industries in a sweeping administrative change.
The Kerala state government has transferred several senior IAS officers, implementing extensive changes across top bureaucratic levels, according to reports by South First, The Times of India, and Onmanorama. The reshuffle affects various departments, including Home, Finance, Health, Power, Industries, and Local Self Government.
K.R. Jyothilal has been moved from the Finance Department to serve as Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Vigilance departments. He will also manage the Water Resources, Housing, and Coir departments.
Minhaj Alam, previously in charge of Home and Vigilance, has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary of Finance. Alam will also oversee the Taxes Department, Public Procurement Advisory, the Rebuild Kerala Initiative, and serve as Chairman of the Kerala Financial Corporation.
Mohammed Hanish APM has been named Additional Chief Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, with additional responsibilities in Ayush, General Education, Revenue (Wakf), and Minority Welfare. Sharmila Mary Joseph has been transferred from Health and Family Welfare to the Transport Department as Principal Secretary, also handling Women and Child Development. The Times of India reported that Joseph had previously had differences with the health minister.
In other key moves, Puneet Kumar has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary of the Power Department while remaining Resident Commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi. M. Beena has returned from central deputation to become Principal Secretary of Industries.
Prasanth N has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), while the former CMD, M.G. Rajamanickam, has been posted as Secretary of the Local Self Government Department.
Anupama T.V. has moved from the Local Self Government Department to become Secretary of the Finance (Expenditure) Department and will also manage the Environment department. Veena N. Madhavan has been appointed Secretary of the Agriculture Department and Agricultural Production Commissioner.
Suhas S has been named Special Secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology Department, while continuing as Managing Director of Cochin International Airport Ltd and taking additional charge of Industries.