As many as 16 IAS officers have been given new assignments in Himachal Pradesh. C Paulrasu has been appointed as Secretary, Cooperatives, Horticulture & Agriculture, while A Shainamol was made Secretary, Administrative Reforms, Training & Foreign Assignment, Public Grievance Redressal and Dr Raj Krishna Paruthi takes over as Divisional Commissioner, Mandi Division. Similarly, Sudesh Kumar Mokhta will take charge as Special Secretary, Industries; Dorje Chhering Negi as Registrar, Cooperative Societies; Kamal Kant Saroch as Chief Executive Officer, Himurja, Shimla; Neeraj Kumar as Director, Transport Department; Dr. Nipun Jindal as Managing Director, Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC); Arindam Chaudhary as Managing Director, Horticulture Produce Marketing & Processing Corporation; Shubh Karan Singh as Special Secretary, MPP and Power & NCES; Gandharva Rathore as Special Secretary, Personnel; Shivam Pratap Singh as Director, Youth Services & Sports Department; Abhishek Verma as Director, Digital Technology & Governance; Divyanshu Singhal as Additional Deputy Commissioner cum Project Director, DRDA, Shimla; Jitendra Sanjta as Special Secretary, Health & Family Welfare with additional charge of Director, Health Safety & Regulation, Shimla and Hemis Negi has been appointed as Director, Town & Country Planning, Shimla.