Nandini Chakraborty is new chief secretary

State government today appointed Nandini Chakraborty as the state Chief Secretary after the term of her predecessor, Manoj Pant came to an end, today.

Jagdish Prasad Meena would be the new home secretary with additional charge as secretary to the Hills, parliamentary affairs, personnel and administrative reforms departments.

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A press release issued today by the state secretariat at Nabanna also said that outgoing chief secretary Manoj Pant, an IAS officer of 1991 batch, would be the principal secretary to the chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the rank of chief secretary.

Mrs Chakraborty, an IAS officer of 1994 batch, would be the first woman to hold the coveted post in the state. She was the home secretary with additional charges of hills and tourism departments of the government.

Earlier, Mr Pant’s tenure as chief secretary, which was to come to an end on 30 June had been extended by six months, following the appeal filed by the state government to the Centre seeking his extension.