Bhopal, Apr 2 (IANS): In a reshuffle of senior IAS officers, the Madhya Pradesh government on Friday appointed Malay Shrivastava as the new chairman of the Professional Examination Board (PEB), sources said.

Shrivastava succeeded senior bureaucrat I.C.P. Keshari who retired from service on Thursday. Keshari was also serving as the Vice Chairman of the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) at the time of his retirement.

Shrivastava will continue to hold the charge of Additional Chief Secretary in the Public Health Engineering, the sources said.

Senior IAS officer S.N. Mishra has been posted as the Vice Chairman of NVDA in place of Keshari.

Mishra will continue to hold charge as Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources and Transport, besides heading NVDA, the sources said.

Another senior IAS officer and Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Ajit Kesari, has been given the additional charge as Director General (DG) of RCPV Naronha Academy of Administration.

Senior IAS officer and Principal Secretary, Personnel, Deepti Gaud Mukherjee will be relieved from the additional charge of DG, RCPV Naronha Academy of Administration, sources said.

In a separate order, the state government has given the additional charge of Legislative Affairs to ACS, General Administration, Vinod Kumar.

Besides, senior IAS officer and Principal Secretary, Finance, Manoj Govil, has been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary, the sources added.