Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Thursday announced a key administrative reshuffle, transferring two senior IAS officers and affecting important civic, transport and energy sector positions. According to a notification issued by the General Administration Department on January 22, 2026, Shalini Agrawal, IAS (2005 batch), currently serving as Municipal Commissioner of the Surat Municipal Corporation, has been transferred and her services have been placed at the disposal of the Energy and Pet...Read More

Vadodara: Five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from Vadodara district have jointly written to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, alleging arbitrariness by government officials and complaining that public issues raised by elected representatives are being ignored. In the letter, Dabhoi MLA Shailesh Mehta, Savli MLA Ketan Inamdar, Waghodia MLA Dharmendrasinh Vaghela, Karjan MLA Akshay Patel and Padra MLA Chaitanyasinh Jhala have urged the chief minister to take strict action against officials accu...Read More

Surendranagar: Dr. Rajendrakumar Mahendrabhai Patel, District Collector of Surendranagar who is now facing Enforcement Directorate and Anti Corruption Bureau probe is Gujarat cadre officer of Indian Administrative Service of year 2015 batch. Born on 23 August 1985, he joined IAS on 7 September 2015. He was appointed as District Collector of Surendranagar on 4 February 2025. He is Master of Arts (Public Policy) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery by education. Patel hails from Trent village of Mandal ...Read More

Surendranagar: After the searches of Enforcement Directorate teams and subsequent case filed by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), Dr. Rajendrakuar M Patel, District Collector of Surendranagar is removed from his post and transferred to nowhere. Hie services are placed at the disposal of General Administrative Department. Rajendrakumar Patel is year 2015 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. KS Yagnik, District Development Officer (DDO) of Surendranagar District would ho...Read More

Gandhinagar: After transfers of 26 IAS officers a day ago, the Government of Gujarat has today announced fresh transfers of two more IAS officers. The government has in partial modification to its notification of 23 December announced that Mohammad Shahid, IAS (RR:GJ:1998), Principal Secretary to Government, Social Justice & Empowerment Department, is transferred and appointed as Commissioner of Cottage & Rural Industries and Principal Secretary to Government (Cottage and Rural Indust...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has issued a major reshuffle of senior IAS officers, involving transfers, new appointments, and additional charge allocations across key departments. Notable changes include Sanjeev Kumar taking charge as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Dr. Vikrant Pandey’s designation being upgraded to Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, and several other officers assuming leadership roles in departments such as Finance, Education, Energy &am...Read More

Gandhinagar: The General Administration Department (GAD) of the Government of Gujarat has issued an order dated November 29, 2025, assigning additional responsibilities to two senior IAS officers ahead of the retirement of Sunaina Tomar on November 30. The order, issued in the name of the Governor, outlines key administrative reshuffles in the state bureaucracy. According to the notification, IAS officer Mukesh Kumar, currently serving as Principal Secretary in the Primary and Secondary Educati...Read More

Gandhinagar: The state government has issued mandatory travel instructions for around 240 participants of the upcoming Chintan Shibir, including ministers, senior office bearers and IAS officers. As per the directive, attendees must travel to and from the venue by train, with arrangements coordinated by the General Administration Department and SPIPA. The 12th Chintan Shivir of the Gujarat government will be held from 27 to 29 November at Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram in Dharampur, Valsad. Partic...Read More

Surat: Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agarwal, IAS, briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the progress of development works underway around the Surat High-Speed Rail (HSR) Station Area, outlining a series of first-of-its-kind planning initiatives designed to reshape the region into a major national growth hub. The Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi was on one-day visit to his home-state Gujarat during which he visited Antroli based bullet train station for Surat which is in advanced stage of...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has appointed senior IAS officer Manoj Kumar Das as the new Chief Secretary to the Government. According to an official notification issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Manoj Kumar Das (IAS, 1990 batch), who is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been transferred and appointed as Chief Secretary with effect from October 31, 2025 (afternoon). He will succeed the incumbent Chief Secretary, Pankaj Josh...Read More