Gandhinagar, October 23, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Gujarat government on Friday transferred 17 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in a major administrative reshuffle, appointing new collectors for Mehsana, Anand and Vav-Tharad districts and reassigning district development officers (DDOs) across several districts.
The General Administration Department (GAD) issued the transfer notification on October 23. The changes cover the Revenue, Home, Education, Rural Development, Industries and Mines, and Sports departments, along with key administrative institutions and additional-charge assignments.
G.T. Pandya, Additional Secretary in the Education Department, has been appointed Director of Information in Gandhinagar. Alok Kumar Pandey, Secretary in the Tribal Development Department, will additionally serve as Commissioner of Relief and ex-officio Secretary in the Revenue Department, taking over the responsibility from Gaurangbhai Makwana.
Makwana, Managing Director of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (UGVCL), Mehsana, has been given additional charge as Managing Director of INDEXT-B in Gandhinagar.
S.K. Prajapati, Collector of Mehsana, has been transferred as Additional Rural Development Commissioner in Gandhinagar. He will replace V.K. Jadav, who was holding additional charge of the post.
Harshit Pruthwiraj Gosavi, Additional Secretary in the Home Department handling Law and Order, will succeed Prajapati as Mehsana Collector.
Praveen Chaudhary, Collector of Anand, has been transferred to the Industries and Mines Department as Chief Executive Officer for special projects covering the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) and Mandal-Bechraji SIR. The move relieves Kuldeep Arya of the additional charge of the position.
Utsav Gautam, District Development Officer of Kutch-Bhuj, will take over as Anand Collector, while M.J. Dave, DDO of Banaskantha-Palanpur, has been appointed Collector of Vav-Tharad. Dave’s appointment ends Kalpesh Kumar Sharma’s additional charge of the district.
Sachin Kumar, DDO of Chhotaudepur, has been transferred to Gandhinagar as Deputy Secretary in the Home Department handling Law and Order. He will succeed Gosavi in the role.
The reshuffle also includes changes involving four officers serving as Project Administrators under the Tribal Area Sub Plan, who have been assigned district development responsibilities.
Vandana Meena, currently posted in Mahisagar, will become DDO of Valsad. Rajesh Kumar Mourya, serving in Songadh in Tapi district, has been appointed DDO of Amreli.
Swapnil Mahadeo Sisle, Project Administrator in Vansada, Navsari district, will take over as DDO of Tapi, while Omkar Rajendra Shinde, currently posted in Chhotaudepur, will succeed Sachin Kumar as the district’s DDO.
Atirag Chaplot, currently DDO of Valsad, will replace Utsav Gautam as DDO of Kutch-Bhuj. Ram Niwas Bugalia, DDO of Tapi, has been transferred to Banaskantha-Palanpur, succeeding Dave.
In changes involving administrative training institutions, C.C. Kotak, Deputy Director General of the Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) in Ahmedabad, has been transferred as Special Director at the State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Ahmedabad. The appointment relieves V.N. Shah of the additional charge of the post.
B.N. Patel, Executive Director of Gujarat Gas Ltd. in Gandhinagar, has been transferred for appointment as Director General of the Sports Authority of Gujarat.
Rajesh Kumar Mourya’s appointment as DDO of Amreli will end K.J. Jadeja’s additional charge of the post.
The notification also relieves V.K. Jadav of the additional charge of Additional Rural Development Commissioner, Kalpesh Kumar Sharma of the additional charge of Collector of Vav-Tharad, and Kuldeep Arya of the additional charge of CEO for the Dholera and Mandal-Bechraji SIR projects.
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