IAS officer reshuffled in Tamil Nadu

In a major administrative rejig, 26 IAS officers have been reshuffled in Tamil Nadu. Ashish Kumar has been designated as Additional Resident Commissioner, Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi, while Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru was posted as PS/Commissioner of Transport and A Shanmuga Sundram is shifted as Director of Handlooms. Similarly, Mrs R Gajalakshmi will take over as Director, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare and MD, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd.; Mrs S P Karthikaa as Director, Prohibition and Excise; D Mohan as Director, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection; J Jayakanthan as Commissioner of Textiles; T S Dnyandeorao as Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Erode; Mrs R Seethalakshmi as Project Director/Member Secretary, TN AIDS Control Society; Mrs S Amritha Joshi as Director, Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute; Mrs Mageshwari Ravikumar as Director, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services; T Abraham as Commissioner of Technical Education; Mrs I S Mercy Ramya as Director, Integrated Child Development Schemes; P N Sridhar as Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments; K V Muralidharan as Director of Social Security Scheme; Dr R Ananda Kumar as Commissioner, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (Training); Dr A Arun Thambu Raj as Project Director, T N Health System Project; M Govinda Rao as Director, e-Governance and CEO, T N e-Governance Agency; Mrs Sharanya Ari as Additional Director, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj; Tom Varghese as Director of Children Welfare and Special Services; Mrs B Gayathri Krishnan as Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies; A Sankar as Director of Land Reforms; Mrs Siva Soundaravalli as Additional Commissioner, Industries & Commerce; V Mohanchandran as Director, Disaster Management; Dr R Sukumar as Additional Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments; and Mrs K Porkodi is posted as Joint MD, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd.