Ranchi, Jun 02: In a major bureaucratic shake up in Jharkhand, Ranchi deputy commissioner Jai Shanker Tiwari was tonight shifted to health department as special secretary. Tiwari would also hold additional charge of project directorate and Aids control, an official release said here.

Pradeep Kumar, who was Adivasi welfare commissioner, would be the new deputy commissioner of Ranchi.

Additional secretary, health, Sharada Charan Jha has been made Panchayat Raj director.

Deputy inspector-general Amitabh Choudhury would hold additional charges of sports, culture and youth affairs, while additional secretary of finance department B B Ekka was shifted to commercial taxes in the same capacity.

Secretary, science and technology, Maheshwar Patra, would take over cooperative and registration department while cooperative department secretary Rajbala Verma was made secretary, science and technology.

Bureau Report