Four IAS officers appointed in PMO

Four IAS officers were today appointed as Director and Deputy Secretaries in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
The competent authority has approved lateral shift of Gulzar Natrajan as Director in the PMO, an order issued late at night by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
Natrajan, a 1999-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is presently Director in the DoPT.
IAS officers Brijesh Pandey, Mayur Maheshwari and Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi have been appointed Deputy Secretary in the PMO.
Pandey, a 2004-batch officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, is presently Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs here.
Maheshwari, a 2003-batch officer, and Pardeshi-2001 batch officer are presently serving in their cadres -- Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively.

Both the officers have been appointed for four years tenure or until further orders, it said.