As many as 20 IAS officers have been given assignments in Punjab. Accordingly, Vijay Mandeorao Zade has been appointed as Secretary Expenditure, while Ajit Balaji Joshi was made Secretary, Rural development and Abhinav Trikha was made Secretary, Finance. Similarly, Mrs Kanwal Preet Brar has been appointed as Secretary, Health; Kumar Amit as Speicial Secretary to Chief Minister; Vimal Kumar Setia as Secretary, Home Affairs; Puneet Goyal as Special Secretary, Medical Education; Mrs Syed Sehrish Asgar as Special Secretary, Power; Mrs Sakshi Sawhney as Chief Administrator, Greater Mohali area Development Authority; Mrs Preeti Yadav as MD, MARKFED; Paramvir Singh as Special Secretary, Revenue; Mrs Amandeep Kaur as Special Secretary, NRI Affairs; Gulpreet Singh Aulakh as Deputy Commissioner, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar; Mrs Neeru Katyal Gupta as Commissioner, Ludhiana Municipal Corporation; Varjeet Walia as Deputy Commissioner, Patiala; Ankurjeet Singh as Additional Secretary, Home Affairs; T Benith as Additional Secretary, Revenue; Harpreet Singh as Deputy Commissioner Barnala and Mrs Aparna M B was made Chief Administrator, Patiala.