Sudhansh Pant takes charge as new Union Health Secretary
New Delhi: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the central government has appointed Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant as the new Union Health Secretary under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW).
Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant has been named as the new Health Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Tuesday. Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Rajasthan cadre, is currently Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
He has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Department of Health and Family Welfare.
Shri Sudhansh Pant holds a B. Tech (Hons.) degree from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1991 in the Rajasthan Cadre.
In the early years of his service, he has worked as Collector & District Magistrate in the districts of Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Bhilwara and Jaipur. He has also worked as Chairman and Managing Director of the State Power Transmission Corporation, the State Power Distribution Companies and the State Renewable Energy Corporation.
The officer will take over as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, upon retirement of Rajesh Bhushan on July 31, 2023, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
"The officer will join as Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Secretary to the government of India on 01.08.2023 and take over as Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation vice Shri Rajiv Bansal, lAS (NL:88) upon his superannuation on 31 .08.2023," the order said.
A total of 15 senior bureaucrats have been appointed in different central government departments in Tuesday's rejig.
S Gopalakrishnan, Special Secretary in the Department of Health & Family Welfare, has been appointed as Director General, National Productivity Council. He will replace Sundeep Kumar Nayak, who will be superannuating on July 31.
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