Telangana govt transfers 11 more IAS officers including Arvind Kumar, a long-serving official in MA&UD Department

M Dana Kishore, an IAS officer from the 1996 batch who was serving as the managing director of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), has been appointed as the principal secretary to the Government in the MA&UD Department.

Additionally, he will hold the FAC of the metropolitan commissioner for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and as the commissioner and director of Municipal Administration.

Arvind Kumar ranked the fourth-most senior bureaucrat in Telangana, played a significant role in the previous K Chandrashekar Rao-led state government.

He led the MA&UD Department during KT Rama Rao’s tenure as the MA&UD minister, contributing to the city’s infrastructural development, including projects like the Durgam Cheruvu Bridge and multiple strategic road development projects that resulted in the construction of around 36 flyovers, Road Under Bridge (RUB), Link Roads and Road Over Bridge(ROB) in Hyderabad.

He also served as the interim vice-chancellor of Osmania University.

Arvind Kumar faced opposition scrutiny during the KCR regime, primarily due to his extended tenure in the Municipal Department.

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Other transfers

• B Venkatesham, an IAS officer from the 1995 batch, who was serving as the principal secretary to the government and commissioner in the BC Welfare Department, has been reassigned as the principal secretary to the government in the Education Department, replacing Vakati Karuna, an IAS officer from the 2004 batch. Venkatesham is also given the Full Additional Charge (FAC) as the Commissioner for Collegiate and Technical Education.
• A Vani Prasad, an IAS officer from the 1995 batch and the principal secretary in the Transport Department, has been moved to the role of principal secretary to the government in the Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department. This change relieves Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, a 1989-batch IAS officer, from the FAC in that position.
• KS Sreenivasa Raju, an IAS officer from the 1999 batch who was serving as the secretary to the government in the Roads and Buildings Department, has been shifted to the Transport Department as its secretary. He replaces A Vani Prasad.
• Rahul Bojja, the secretary to the chief minister has been transferred to serve as the secretary to the government in the General Administration Department, relieving V Sheshadri, an IAS officer from the 1999 batch, holding FAC. Additionally, Bojja will retain the FAC as Secretary to the government in the Social Welfare, Child Welfare, Disabled and Senior Citizens Welfare Department and as its commissioner.
• Dr Christina Z Chongthu, an IAS officer from the 2001 batch and the commissioner of Commercial Taxes, has been transferred to serve as the secretary to the government in the Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department.
• C Sudhanshan Reddy, an IAS officer from the 2002 batch and the secretary to the government in the MA&UD Department, has been appointed the managing director of the HMWSSB, succeeding M Dana Kishore.
• Dr TK Sreedevi, an IAS officer from the 2004 batch and the secretary to the government in the Finance Department, has been transferred to serve as the commissioner of Commercial Taxes, replacing Dr Christina Z Chongthu.
• Vakati Karuna, an IAS officer from the 2004 batch, has been designated as the secretary to the government and commissioner of the Women, Child, Disabled and Senior Citizens Department, relieving Shruti Ojha, an IAS officer from the 2013 batch, from the FAC.
• RV Karnan, an IAS officer from the 2012 batch, who was serving as the collector and district magistrate in Nalgonda, has been relocated and appointed the director of Health and Family Welfare.