Jagdish Chander Sharma is Additional Chief Secy

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 8

Jagdish Chander Sharma, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary.

The decks for the promotion of Sharma, belonging to the 1991 batch, had been cleared by the Cabinet at its meeting last week and the Department of Personnel issued the orders today. Besides being Principal Secretary to the CM, Sharma is looking after the PWD, Excise and Taxation and Information and Public Relations Departments.

Rajneesh, who belongs to the 1997 batch, has also been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary. He is looking after Information Technology, Urban Development and Town and Country Planning Departments.

Subhasish Panda, also from the 1997 batch, too has been given promotion as Principal Secretary. He is on Central deputation and is serving as Deputy Director (Administration) at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).