JAMMU: The Centre has appointed 10 officers, including IAS officer Shah Faesal, as Central Prabhari Officers for the Aspirational Blocks Programme in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
According to the order, Shah Faesal, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been assigned to Bandipora (Tulail) block in J&K. The other appointments are:
- Ankita Anand (IAS), Deputy Secretary, Jal Shakti (Drinking Water & Sanitation) – Kishtwar (Marwah), J&K
- Mujtaba Ahmad (IDAS), Director, Mines – Kulgam (Manzgam), J&K
- Vivek Gupta (IRS C&IT), Director, Finance (Financial Services) – Poonch (Mankote), J&K
- Sushant Sudan (IES), Deputy Secretary, Commerce & Industry – Ganderbal (Wakoora), J&K
- Harleen Kaur (IAS), Deputy Secretary, Road Transport & Highways – Rajouri (Khwas), J&K
- Gurmeet Singh (IRTS), Director, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions – Ramban (Khari), J&K
- Nitish Suri (ITradeS), Director, Education (Higher Education) – Reasi (Thakrakote), J&K
- Ravi Dhawan (IAS), Director, Power – Kargil (Karsha), Ladakh
- Himanshu Gupta (IAS), Secretary, Education (School Education & Literacy) – Leh (Rupsho), Ladakh
The appointments are part of the Government of India’s Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), which aims to improve governance, infrastructure, and socio-economic indicators in underdeveloped blocks through focused intervention and monitoring.
