Farewell Meeting Held for Chief Secretary TY Das

GUWAHATI, Aug 30: The Secretariat Administrative Department held a farewell meeting of Chief Secretary TY Das on Thursday, who is retiring on August 31. In her 36 years of service tenure, TY Das, who had joined in the UP Cadre in 1982, has served almost 30 years of her service period in Assam.

In 1987, Das joined in Assam as Deputy Secretary in Health and Family Welfare Department. She had held the post of Joint Secretary of T&CP, Additional Secretary of H&FW Department, Deputy Commissioner of Goalpara, Commissioner & Secretary of Soil Conservation Department, HAD, Education Department, Tourism Department, CM’s Secretariat and later as Principal Secretary etc.

She also held the post of Additional Chief Secretary of PWD, Revenue & DM Department, AH&Vety Department, Home & Political Department and also as Chairman of Board of Revenue, Administrative Tribunal and many other posts till her joining as Chief Secretary of Assam on March 1, 2018. In her farewell speech, Das thanked the people of Assam for their full support and cooperation. She extended her thanks to the Chief Minister and all his Cabinet colleagues, and everyone who had been associated with her during her service period. During the occasion, the august gathering also bid farewell to Commissioner and Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Department, PK Buragohain who is also retiring on the August 31, a communiqué said.