Bhagwant Mann Govt Transfers 5 IAS Officers; Key Portfolios Reassigned

• by Akanksha Mishra
• 2026-11-03 19:41:00

In a decisive administrative maneuver aimed at optimizing departmental efficiency and governance delivery across the state, the Punjab government has issued comprehensive transfer and posting orders for five senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. The bureaucratic restructuring, executed under direct orders issued by Punjab Chief Secretary KAP Sinha, directs all designated officers to take charge of their newly allocated administrative portfolios with immediate effect. The reshuffle recalibrates key leadership positions across critical governance verticals, including Revenue and Rehabilitation, Labour, Local Government, Rural Development and Panchayats, and the Punjab State Cooperative Bank.

Senior Bureaucrats Given Key Additional Charges: Dhirendra Kumar Tiwari and Vinay Bublani Take New Portfolios

Under the official transfer notifications, Dhirendra Kumar Tiwari, a seasoned 1994-batch senior IAS officer, has been assigned the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Labour Department, adding to his existing administrative oversight of Excise, Governance Reforms & Information Technology, and Parliamentary Affairs. Meanwhile, 2008-batch IAS officer Vinay Bublani, presently discharging duties as the Divisional Commissioner of Patiala, has been entrusted with the additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Rupnagar division, alongside assuming vital responsibilities as Secretary in the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management.

Deepti Uppal and T. Benith Reassigned: Infrastructure and Urban Development Under Fresh Oversight

The administrative realignment also expands the executive jurisdictions of mid-career administrators across urban local bodies and development boards. Deepti Uppal, a 2011-batch IAS officer, takes on crucial multi-departmental responsibilities as Special Secretary, Local Government, alongside serving as Joint Managing Director-cum-CEO of the Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC) and Chief Executive Officer of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, while simultaneously being notified as Special Secretary in the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management. Concurrently, 2018-batch IAS officer T. Benith has been given the additional portfolio of Managing Director, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB), which he will hold in conjunction with his existing assignment as Additional Secretary, Revenue and Rehabilitation.

Cooperative Banking Realignment: Amit Talwar Replaces Sanyam Aggarwal as Managing Director

A pivotal change has also unfolded within the state’s agricultural financing and rural banking framework with the appointment of 2013-batch IAS officer Amit Talwar as the new Managing Director of the Punjab State Cooperative Bank. Talwar assumes the helm of the apex cooperative lender while continuing his responsibilities as Special Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats, and serving as the designated State Nodal Officer for Anti-Drug Campaigns and the Caste Census. Following this order, IAS officer Sanyam Aggarwal stands relieved of his duties as Managing Director of the Punjab State Cooperative Bank, marking a decisive administrative reorganization across Punjab’s cooperative and rural development machinery.

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