Anindita Mitra is new Chandigarh MC chief

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 4

Anindita Mitra, a 2007-batch Punjab-cadre IAS officer, will be the new Chandigarh MC Commissioner.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for her appointment as the chief of the Chandigarh civic body.

She will be joining on an inter-cadre deputation from the Punjab cadre to the AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh segement). She has held various important positions, including SDM in Ropar, ADC in Patiala, DC in Nawanshahr and DC in Hoshiarpur.

Anindita is married to Dr SK Raju, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab.

The tenure of the incumbent MC Commissioner, KK Yadav, who is on a deputation in Chandigarh, is coming to an end this month. Amid a Covid surge, a three-year tenure of Yadav, a Punjab-cadre IAS officer of the 2003 batch, was earlier extended for three months.