18 IAS get new portfolios in Gujarat

In a major administrative reshuffle, as many as 18 IAS officers have been shifted and given new assignments in Gujarat. D D Jadeja has been appointed as Mission Director, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission under the Science & Technology Department, while N V Upadhyay takes over as Collector, Gir-Somnath and Nitin V Sangwan was made Director of Employment and Training, Gandhinagar, relieving K D Lakhani of additional charge. Similarly, C C Kotak has been posted as Deputy Director General, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA), Ahmedabad; Ms V I Patel as Additional Commissioner and Ex-officio CEO, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, Gandhinagar; Ms P A Ninama as Director (Women Welfare) and Managing Director, Gujarat Women Economic Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, relieving Ms Rita Pandya of additional charge; B M Patel as Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Gandhinagar; J K Jadav as Executive Director, Gujarat State Tribal Development Residential Educational Institution Society (GSTDREIS), Gandhinagar, relieving Supreet Singh Gulati of additional charge; R V Vala as Additional Development Commissioner, Gandhinagar; N F Chaudhari as Managing Director, Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd., Mehsana, relieving Ajay Prakash of additional charge; H P Patel as District Development Officer, Junagadh; D K Brahmbhatt as Managing Director, Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Ltd., Gandhinagar; M P Pandya as Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Gandhinagar; K P Joshi as Managing Director, Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd., Rajkot, relieving Preeti Sharma of additional charge; Ms Kavita Rakesh Shah as Director, IT and E- Governance, Gandhinagar, relieving S K Patel of additional charge; B D Davera as CEO, Vadodara Urban Development Authority; S K Patel as Managing Director, Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company Ltd., Gandhinagar and Ms Preeti Sharma was shifted as Director (Administration), Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd., Vadodara, relieving Tejas Parmar of additional charge.