Announcements and Appointments: December 15, 2025
New Delhi, December 15, 2025: The following appointments and recommendations were issued on Monday:
- Richa Verma (IAS: 2012, HP) has been reassigned as Director in the Department of Higher Education, effective November 25, 2025, for a period ending November 24, 2030. Her central deputation tenure begins on the same date.
- Garima Sharma (IRS lT: 2012) has been appointed as Director in the Department of Higher Education, effective September 2, 2024, for a period ending September 1, 2029. Her central deputation tenure starts on the same date.
- Padmakar Kushwaha (IA&AS: 2012) has been reassigned as Director in the Department of Atomic Energy, effective August 20, 2024, for a period ending August 19, 2029. His central deputation tenure begins on the same date.
- Shalini Agnihotri (IPS: 2012, HP) has been appointed as Director in the Department of School Education & Literacy, effective July 24, 2025, for a period ending July 23, 2030. Her central deputation tenure starts on the same date.
- Nivedita Shukla Verma (IAS: 1991, UP), Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, has been entrusted with the additional role of Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare until December 21, 2025, during the absence of Punya Salila Srivastava (IAS: 1993, AGMUT) on leave.
