IAS officer Nitin Kareer.
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has appointed Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Nitin Kareer as the next chief secretary of the state.
Kareer, who is currently the additional chief secretary (finance), is a 1988 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre.
The 57-year-old Kareer, who succeeds senior bureaucrat Manoj Saunik, took charge of his office on Sunday evening.