As many as 14 IAS officers of various cadres and batches have been appointed as Secretaries in various Ministries/Departments in Government of India. Accordingly, Ms. Nivedita Shukla Verma as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances; Chanchal Kumar, IAS (BH:92) as Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; Narendra Bhooshan, IAS (UP:92) as Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development; Chandra Shekhar Kumar IAS (OR:92) as Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Sanjay Jaju, IAS (TG:92), as Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Srivatsa Krishna, IAS (KN:94), as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs; Tejveer Singh, IAS (PB:94), as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer; Sanjay Lohiya, IAS (AM:94), as Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance; Rohit Kansal, IAS (AGMUT:95), as Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development; Bharat Harbanslal Khera IAS (HP:96) as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Abhishek Singh, IAS (NL:95) as Director General, National Testing Agency, Ministry of Education; Bhuvnesh Kumar, IAS (UP:95) as Secretary, Ministry of Tourism; Sanjay Rastogi, IAS (OR:91), as Director General, National Archives of India and Sajjan Singh Yadav IAS (AGMUT:96) was appointed as Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.