As a part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre has appointed Apurva Chandra, the Information and Broadcasting Secretary, as the new Health Secretary.

According to an order issued by Personnel Ministry, Chandra, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Maharashtra cadre, will now lead the Department of Health and Family Welfare, as approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).

In the reshuffle, Sanjay Jaju, a 1992-batch IAS officer from Telangana, has been appointed as the new Information and Broadcasting Secretary, succeeding Chandra.