Sudhansh Pant named as new Union Health Secretary

Sudhansh Pant named as new Union Health Secretary

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: June 17 2023

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  • Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant has been named as the new Union Health Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
  • Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently the Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
  • He has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
  • The officer will take over as Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare upon retirement of Rajesh Bhushan on July 31 this year.
  • Apart from this, Chanchal Kumar, Managing Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, has been named as the new Civil Aviation Secretary.
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