- Ganesh Kumar Jaiswal appointed as Additional Director of the DPR
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed Anupam Rajan, a senior 1993-batch IAS officer, as the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Public Relations (Jan Sampark) Department. This new portfolio is an additional charge to his existing roles, which include ACS for Higher Education, Horticulture and Food Processing, and Parliamentary Affairs.
The decision comes following a persistent bottleneck within the department, where critical government-level decisions were being delayed due to the absence of a designated Principal Secretary or ACS. Rajan, who has prior experience as the Commissioner of Public Relations during 2016-17, is expected to immediately resolve these pending matters. The government issued the order to confer this crucial additional responsibility to him.
= New leadership at PR Directorate
In a separate order, the state administration made a notable appointment in the Public Relations Directorate. Ganesh Kumar Jaiswal, a 2012-batch State Administrative Service (SAS) officer and Deputy Revenue Commissioner of Narmadapuram Division, has been posted as the Additional Director of the Directorate of Public Relations, Bhopal. This marks the first time an SAS officer has been appointed to the post of Additional Director within the Directorate, signaling a significant shift in the department’s leadership structure.
