NEW DELHI: The appointments committee of the cabinet on Wednesday named six new secretaries as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle across ministries.These include 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Arunish Chawla, who has been appointed secretary, Department of Revenue, ministry of finance. He will also hold the additional charge of secretary, ministry of culture. Chawla is at present secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals in the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers. Amit Agarwal, a 1993 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer, will be succeeding Chawla as secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals. Agarwal is currently CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India.Rachna Shah, a 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, will be the new secretary, Department of Personnel and Training in the ministry of personnel, public grievances & pensions. Shah is currently secretary, ministry of textiles.Neelam Shami Rao, a 1992 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, will succeed Shah as secretary, ministry of textiles. Rao is currently secretary, National Commission for Minorities, ministry of minority affairs.Sanjay Sethi, a 1992 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, will take over as secretary, National Commission for Minorities, from Rao.Neerja Sekhar, a 1993 batch Hyderabad cadre IAS officer, has been appointed director general, National Productivity Council, Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. Sekhar is serving as special secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting.The appointments committee of the cabinet also named Vineet Joshi, a 1992 batch Manipur cadre IAS officer, as secretary, Department of Higher Education in the ministry of education.