Amit Singh Negi appointed additional secretary in PMO, Samir Ashwin Vakil to be SFIO director
Amit Singh Negi has been appointed additional secretary in the PMO as part of a major top-level reshuffle effected by the Centre. A 1999-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, Negi is currently joint secretary in the Department of Expenditure under the Union Ministry of Finance.
He has been appointed as additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), according to an order issued by the personnel ministry.
Samir Ashwin Vakil, a 1998-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, has been appointed director in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs for a tenure of five years, it said.
Maneesh Garg, Sanjay Kumar and Ajeet Kumar have been appointed deputy election commissioners in the Election Commission of India.
Manisha Saxena, the director general (tourism) under the Union Ministry of Tourism, will now be additional secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), the order said.
Mugdha Sinha, joint secretary in the culture ministry, will take over from Saxena as director general (tourism).
Ashutosh Agnihotri and Niraj Kumar Bansod have been appointed additional secretary and joint secretary, respectively, in the home ministry.
Gujarat-cadre IAS officer Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed additional secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry while Amandeep Garg will be additional secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, according to the order dated August 6.
