New Chandigarh Chief Secy Prasad to take charge today

Newly appointed UT Chief Secretary H Rajesh Prasad will join the Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday. Prasad, who reached the city today, was presented a Guard of Honour at the UT State Guest House. Later, he paid a courtesy call on Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria at Punjab Raj Bhavan. Kataria extended best wishes to him for a successful tenure.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had ordered the appointment of Prasad, an IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, as Chief Secretary of Chandigarh after incumbent Rajeev Verma, a 1992-batch IAS officer, was transferred to Delhi as Chief Secretary. Prasad was serving as Principal Secretary, Power, Jammu and Kashmir, since 2022. Born in Karnataka, he had held various posts in Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi and J&K.