Manish Tiwari / Daily World Bureau / New Delhi, May 6: 

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Wednesday approved a series of significant senior-level bureaucratic appointments across key ministries, reshuffling top positions in disaster management, digital governance, and consumer affairs.

Manish Bhardwaj, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre and currently Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed as Adviser in the Inter-State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the rank of Additional Secretary.

Saurabh Vijay, a 1998-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), also in the rank of Additional Secretary.

Nilkanth S. Avhad, a 1999-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, will take over as Secretary, NDMA, replacing Bhardwaj. The post has been temporarily downgraded to the Additional Secretary level.

Priyank Bharti, a 2001-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and will hold additional charge as Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

Richa Misra, an Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of the 1996 batch, has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs.