Nikhil Tikaram Funde is new DM of Ayodhya

Lucknow: In a spate of late-night transfers, Ayodhya district magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh has been shifted to the infrastructure and industrial development department as special secretary. He has been replaced by Nikhil Tikaram Funde, who was previously the DM of Chandauli.
Chandra Mohan Garg, who was municipal commissioner of Prayagraj, has been appointed as the new DM of Chandauli. Seelam Sai Teja, the chief development officer (CDO) of Jaunpur, is now the municipal commissioner of Prayagraj. He has been replaced by Mrinali Avinash Joshi, who served as joint magistrate in Gorakhpur.
Nisha has been appointed as the new mission director for the national ayush mission, while Sanjay Chauhan is the new DM of Amethi. Shipu Giri, special secretary of higher education, is now the municipal commissioner of Saharanpur. Meanwhile, Mahendra Verma has been appointed as secretary of UP RERA and Avnish Kumar Rai has been posted as the DM of Badaun. Shubhrant Kumar Shukla is the new DM of Etawah, and Ashutosh Mohan Agnihotri is the new DM of Kannauj.
In other transfers, Nidhi Srivastava has been posted as special secretary of higher education, while Sandeep Bhagiya is the new additional commissioner of state tax depatrtment. Raj Kumar-I has been posted in the department of power as special secretary.