New Mizoram Chief Secretary Khilli Ram Meena to take charge tomorrow

Aizawl: Senior IAS officer Khilli Ram Meena, who will take charge as the new Chief Secretary of Mizoram on Thursday, made a courtesy call to Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Wednesday evening. 

Officials said that Meena, a 1993-batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, would take charge from acting Chief Secretary H. Lalengmawia, a 2005-batch IAS officer.

Meena succeeds Renu Sharma, who retired on October 31. According to a Mizoram government official, Meena, before his new assignment, was serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Born on December 4, 1967, in Rajasthan, Meena holds a master’s degree in history and joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1993.

The Mizoram government had earlier requested the Centre to appoint Vumlunmang Vualnam, a 1992 batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre and currently the Civil Aviation Secretary, as the state’s Chief Secretary. (IANS)

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