IAS officer Santhi Kumari becomes first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana

IAS officer Santhi Kumari becomes first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana

Daily Current Affairs / IAS officer Santhi Kumari becomes first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: January 16 2023

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Santhi Kumari as the state’s chief secretary in place of Somesh Kumar.
Santhi, who has tenure until April 2025, became the first woman to hold the office of Telangana chief secretary, the highest bureaucratic position in a state.
Santhi, a 1989 batch IAS officer, the same as Kumar, was serving as special chief secretary of the state forest department.
The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration.
The Chief Secretary is usually the senior most IAS officer of the senior most batch in the state.

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