As many as 10 IAS officers have been shifted and given new postings in Punjab. Nilkanth S Avhad has been appointed as Secretary, Public Works (Building & Roads) and in addition Secretary, Technical Education and Industrial training, while Gurkirat Kirpal Singh was shifted as Secretary, Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Mrs Ritu Aggarwal is now Secretary, Home Affairs & Justice. Similarly, Pradeep Kumar Agrawal will be posted as Secretary and DG, School Education; Arvind Pal Singh Sandhu as MD, SUGARFED and in addition Special Secretary, Home Affairs & Justice; Girish Dayalan as Special Secretary and Director, Governance Reforms and Public Grievances and in addition Director, MGSIPA; Amit Talwar as Special Secretary. Planning and in addition Deputy Commissioner, SAS Nagar; Paramjit Singh as Additional Secretary, NRI Affairs; Ajay Arora as Additional Secretary, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities and Mrs Sonia Tind is now Additional Secretary, Labour.