Senior IAS officer Shaleen Kabra has been transferred from the Jal Shakti Department and posted as Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development, commonly known as IMPARD.
The posting forms part of Government Order No. 1724-JK(GAD) of 2026 dated November 1, which revised responsibilities of six senior officers. Kabra, a 1992-batch AGMUT cadre officer, previously held the Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) position in Jal Shakti, alongside additional responsibilities.
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Under the same administrative changes, Chandraker Bharti was assigned additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue. M. Raju received additional responsibility for Estates, while Saugat Biswas was given additional charge of Jal Shakti. Rehana Batul was posted to Tribal Affairs, and Avny Lavasa received additional Revenue responsibilities.
Kabra’s new assignment puts him at the head of an institution responsible for public administration training and capacity building. The reshuffle comes during a broader transition in the Union Territory’s senior administration.