Sudhir Tripathi, 1985-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre has been appointed as Director General (DG) in the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). His appointment was made by P K Gera, IAS, consequent on completion of his tenure. Sudhir was serving as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India. It is being said that a senior officer in Ministry of Textiles wants to appoint one of his known officer for the post but as PMO decided the postings, he couldn’t get success.
On the other hand, Anup Wadhawan, Additional Secretary in Department of Financial Services, has been appointed as Director General of Foreign Trade. Kavita Gupta, Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, has been promoted to Additional Secretary rank in the same post. Similarly, Shreeranjan, who is Deputy Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India, has been given Additional Secretary rank.