Krishan Kumar shunted out as education secy, Agarwal out of power dept

The Punjab government Monday removed Krishan Kumar from the post of education secretary as it caried out a major administrative reshuffle, shifting 24 IAS and 12 PCS officers. Kumar, who remained on the post for four and a half years, has been replaced with Ajoy Sharma.

It was under Kumar that Punjab topped in overall ranking of schools on Performance Grading Index released by the Ministry of Education in June this year. He has now been posted as secretary, higher education, besides holding additional charge of MD of Punjab Infrastructure Development Board.

KAP Sinha, the principal secretary, finance, has been given the additional charge of the principal secretary, power.