Senior IAS officer Anup K Pujari has got six months extension till March next year as Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Commerce Ministry.
Pujari, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, has been working as DGFT since September 30, 2010.
His extension was approved by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), an official release said today.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade runs various schemes for trade promotion and its facilitation among other mandates.
Another IAS officer Ambuj Sharma has been appointed as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises against a newly created post.
Sharma, a 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is presently working as Joint Secretary within the Ministry.
