Senior IAS officer R K Chaturvedi has been appointed as Joint Secretary in seventh Central Pay Commission’s implementation cell as part of mid-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected today by the government. As many as five new Joint Secretaries, three non-IAS officers, have been appointed to different Central government ministries.

Chaturvedi, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed to the post under Department of Expenditure. He is presently working as Resident Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh Bhawan here.

Chaturvedi will hold the charge for five years, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said