In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has replaced Financial Services Secretary GS Sandhu with Gujarat-cadre IAS officer Hasmukh Adhia and made over 60 Special and Joint Secretary-level appointments. According to an order issued late last night by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Mr Sandhu, a 1980-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been made Chairman of the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention. Mr Adhia, a 1981-batch IAS officer, is presently working as Additional Chief Secretary in the Finance Department of Gujarat government. The DoPT has also issued orders for appointment of 26 Special Secretary-level officers and 35 at the level of Joint Secretary. The DDA Vice Chairman Balvender Kumar has been promoted in the rank and pay of Secretary. Senior IAS officers Rajiv Nayan Choubey and Devendra Chaudhary have been appointed as Special Secretaries in the Ministry of Power. Ravinder Kumar Jain, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Secretary in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the rank and pay of Secretary. Mr MC Jauhari has been transferred from the post of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, and appointed as Deputy Director General in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Rajiv Arora, Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, has been shifted to the national intelligence grid or NATGRID in the same capacity. Subhag Singh has been appointed as Managing Director in National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). Mr Singh, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, is working as Joint Secretary in Department of Defence. Vivek Joshi has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Procurement Policy Division, under the Department of Expenditure. He is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. V Shashank Shekhar, a 1996-batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Mukesh Jain, a 1989-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been transferred as Joint Secretary in the Department of Disability Affairs. Mr Jain is presently Joint Secretary in Ministry of Power.Maruthi Prasad Tangirala, a 1990-batch officer of Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service, has been appointed as Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary-level) in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). BS Bhullar, a 1986-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.