P. Amudha who belongs to the 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as Joint Secretary following a reshuffle of 16 officials of elite services belonging to different categories.

Prior to this appointment to the Prime minister's office, P Anutha was working at the Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration, where she was serving as a professor.

Besides Amutha, Varsha Joshi from the Delhi Government, has joined Central administration after appoinment as Joint Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Her batchmate Keshav Chandra has been appointed Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.