Rajasthan State PCS

• 02 Jan 2024

New Chief Secretary of Rajasthan

Why in News?

Recently, Sudhansh Pant, an IAS officer of the 1991 batch, was appointed as the new chief secretary of Rajasthan.

• It is the third successive appointment of Sudhansh Pant in a year.

Key Points

• He was brought to the Centre in October 2022 as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the shipping ministry and was later made secretary.
  • After six months, he was shifted to the health ministry as secretary.
• According to Senior bureaucrats, there is an expectation of reshuffling at the secretary level in the near future.
• IAS officer D S Mishra got a six-month extension as Uttar Pradesh Chief secretary.
• Veera Rana, a 1998 batch IAS officer is holding additional charge of chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh.