Replacing Rachna Shah, Neelam Shami Rao has been appointed as the new Textile Secretary.
A 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Rao previously served as the secretary of the National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs. She has extensive experience in multiple roles including Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Director General of Training in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and District Collector in Madhya Pradesh's Guna and Koria districts. An alumna of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, she holds a B.Tech. degree in Electronics.
Additionally, from her previous role as Special Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Neerja Sekhar has been transferred as the new Director General of the National Productivity Council under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
