Senior IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, 2004 batch, Dinesh Kumar is appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence for a tenure of five years, in place of 1994 batch Chattisgarh officer Nidhi Chhibber. In another major reshuffle in the department, Sanjay Kumar, (IA&AS 1995) is appointed as Additional FA & Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence (Finance) for a period of five years in place of A N Das, a 1991 batch IDAS officer. In a similar movement, Vedveer Arya, another 1997 batch IDAS officer is appointed as Additional FA & Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence for a period of five years or until further orders. Arya has replaced the current in charge, Subir Mallick, a 1989 batch IA&AS Officer.