In Telangana, the state government has ordered a new round of IAS officer transfers affecting 13 officials across various departments. Smita Sabharwal has been appointed as Secretary for Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sridhar as Secretary for BC Welfare, and Anita Ramachandran as Secretary for Women and Child Welfare. Ilambarithi assumes the role of GHMC Commissioner, Krishna Bhaskar has been named CMD of Transco, and Surendra Mohan is now the Transport Commissioner.
Further appointments include Shivashankar as CEO of Aarogyasri, Srujana as Director of Panchayat Raj, Chittem Lakshmi as Director of AYUSH, Krishna Aditya as Director of Intermediate Education, Sanjay Kumar as Commissioner of Labor, Gaurav Uppal as Secretary of General Administration, and Harikiran as Director of Excise. These appointments were confirmed in orders issued today by Chief Secretary Shanti Kumari.