A day after Pushkar Singh Dhami took over as Uttarakhand's new chief minister, senior IAS officer SS Sandhu was appointed as the state's new chief secretary on Monday, replacing Om Prakash.
A 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Sandhu was on deputation at the Centre as the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
He has a reputation of being an efficient officer.
Om Prakash has been relieved from his duties and made the chief resident commissioner, Delhi.
(Published 05 July 2021, 12:28 IST)
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