New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Manoj Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner, while Puneet Yadav as Additional Secretary, Union Public Service as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Saturday by the Centre.

Puneet Yadav has been appointed Additional Secretary, Union Public Service Commission and Sujata Sharma will be Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the order said.

Sahoo is a 2006 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. Sahoo has been appointed to the post for an overall tenure of seven years up to December 16, 2023, a Personnel Ministry order said.

Solomon Arokiaraj has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ankita Mishra Bundela will be Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare and Sanjeet has been named as Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, it said.

M Janaki will be Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission. Varsha Sinha, a Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, has been appointed as Secretary, Oil Industry Development Board under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Sanjay Roy, an Indian Information Service officer, will be Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, said the order. /BI/