Joshi takes charge as Chief Secretary

Vivek Joshi, an officer of the 1989 batch of the IAS, today took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana. Joshi succeeds Anurag Rastogi, who assumed charge as the Chief Secretary on November 1 as a 'stop-gap arrangement' till...

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Chandigarh, Updated At : 05:00 AM Nov 05, 2024 IST

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini being presented with a bouquet by Chief Secretary Vivek Joshi as he paid a courtesy visit to the Chief Minister after assuming the charge at Chandigarh on Monday.

Vivek Joshi, an officer of the 1989 batch of the IAS, today took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana.

Joshi succeeds Anurag Rastogi, who assumed charge as the Chief Secretary on November 1 as a 'stop-gap arrangement' till Joshi's joining in his parent cadre of Haryana. The regular Chief Secretary TVSN Prasad had retired on October 31.

The order appointing Joshi as Chief Secretary was issued on October 31.

Meanwhile, Joshi met Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who said with the combined efforts of "Team Haryana," the state would progress at an even faster pace. "We will establish new dimensions of non-stop development in Haryana," Saini added.