NEW DELHI: Govt on Thursday appointed seven new secretary-rank officers, together with the brand new heads for oil, telecom and agriculture ministries.A late night order stated that the appointments committee of cupboard, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, determined to nominate Neeraj Mittal, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, as petroleum secretary, changing Pankaj Jain, who was named member secretary of the Eighth Pay Fee. Mittal is a well-recognized face within the ministry, having labored as director and joint secretary.He will probably be changed by Amit Agrawal within the division of telecom. Agrawal, who’s from the Chhattisgarh cadre, is at the moment the pharma secretary.Manoj Joshi, a 1989-batch IAS officer, will transfer to prescription drugs from the division of land assets, whereas V Vidyarthi will transfer from tourism to the division of empowerment of individuals with disabilities. Changing him will probably be a fellow officer from Karnataka, Srivatsa Krishna.Atish Chandra, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, who’s at the moment within the Prime Minister’s Workplace, has been named officer on particular responsibility within the division of agriculture and farmers welfare, and can take over as secretary on the finish of Feb, when Devesh Chaturvedi retires.Chennai Port Belief chairman Sunil Paliwal has been named chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India.