Nita Chowdhury, IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and belonging to the 1977 batch, took charge as Secretary, ministry for women and child development, government of India on July 1, 2013. Chowdhury was earlier Secretary,
Dilip Kumar Samantaray, principal secretary, science and technology department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, has taken over as Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Government of India. The post was