Baligar appointed HUDCO CMD; Mohanty becomes new DG of DGS&D

NEW DELHI, Jan 1: Senior IAS officers V P Baligar and Satyanarayan Mohanty have been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of HUDCO and Director General of Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) respectively.

Both Baligar and Mohanty, who are 1980 batch IAS officers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh cadres respectively, have been appointed in the rank and pay of Secretary, a release issued today by Ministry of Personnel said.

T Ramasami, Secretary of Department of Science and Technology, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, with immediate effect for a period of three months or until further orders, it said.

Shaktikanta Das, Secretary of Department of Fertilizers, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.

Das, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, will have the additional charge during the period of absence of leave of Indrajit Pal.

Pal, a 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is on leave till January 19.

Secretary of Legislative Department, P K Malhotra, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs for a period of three months or till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, the release added. (PTI)