PANJIM: The Goa Public Service Commission (GPSC) conducted 11 departmental promotion committee meetings to consider promoting officials from various government departments on Friday.
Two officers from the Directorate of Agriculture were promoted to the position of Deputy Director of Agriculture, while two officers were promoted as special auditor in the office of the Registrar of Co-Operative Societies (RCS). Also 17 officers from the Goa Civil Service were promoted to the senior administrative grade and will now be eligible to hold senior level positions in the State administration.
One official was promoted as the Deputy Director in the Directorate of SkillsTraining while three officials were promoted as Assistant Director in the same department. At the Goa Medical College (GMC), promotion to one position of Professor in Neurology was recommended while one official was promoted to the position of pharmaceutical chemist. Two officers were also promoted to the position of child development project officer in the Directorate of Women and Child Development.
Probation period and confirmation was recommended for 11 officials from the Directorate of Education and 13 officials from the Cooperation Department. A total of around 55 officials were recommended for promotions as well as for lifting of probation and confirmation during the meetings.
All Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meetings were chaired by GPSC Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha, while the Chief Secretary and Administrative Secretary were members of the DPC as per the recruitment rules in vogue.
