Vini Mahajan appointed Punjab chief secretary

She becomes the first woman Chief Secretary of Punjab

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 07:11 PM Jun 26, 2020 IST

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 26

Punjab on Friday appointed 1987 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Vini Mahajan as the new Chief Secretary, replacing the 1984 batch officer Karan Avtar Singh.

She becomes the first woman Chief Secretary of Punjab.

Singh has been posted as Special Chief Secretary, Governance Reforms. He is tipped to be chairman of the state water regulatory body.

Though the Chief Minister, while intervening in the recent face-off between Karan Avtar Singh and the ministers had hinted at Singh being allowed to complete his tenure as Chief Secretary till August 31 this year, the appointment of Mahajan before his retirement has surprised many.

Sources in the government said a section of bureaucracy wanted Vishwajeet Khanna to be made the new Chief Secretary as he retires in June next year.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles