Know about Tamil Nadu's New Chief Secretary
M. K. stalin took over as the chief minister of tamil Nadu on May 7 after the DMK won the 2021 Legislative assembly general elections. V. Irayanbu was appointed as the state chief secretary on the same day. He will retire tomorrow (June 30) after serving as Chief Secretary for two years.
In the wake of his retirement, expectations about who will be the new Chief Secretary have increased. It was reported that the names of Hansraj Verma, SK prabhakar and Shivdas Meena, who are at the top of the list of IAS officers, have been recommended to the Central Government.
In this case, the government of tamil Nadu has issued an order appointing Shivdas Meena, who is currently serving as the Secretary of the Municipal Administration Department, as the Chief Secretary of tamil Nadu. He will retire in october next year.
Who is he? - Shivdas meena from rajasthan passed IAS in 1989 and started his career as kanchipuram Deputy collector (Trainee).
From 1991 to 1993, Sivdas meena served as Deputy collector of Kovilpatti and from 1993 to 1996 as Additional collector, Rural Development, Revenue Administration in Vellore and coimbatore districts.
In 1998, Sivdas Meena, who was the managing director of the transport department, was appointed as the collector of Nagapattinam district. After serving three years as collector of Nagapattinam, he was appointed as Additional Registrar of Registration Department in 2001.
Sivdas meena has also served as director, Food Department, Higher education Department, Commercial Tax Department, chennai Drinking Water Board.
In 2015, Sivdas meena was appointed as Principal Secretary, Cooperatives and Food Department. Shivdas Meena, who was transferred to the central government in 2017, has served as Additional Secretary, Housing and Chairman, Central pollution Control Board.
Shivdas Meena, who was brought back to tamil Nadu after the DMK came to power, has been serving as the Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration Department in the capacity of Additional Chief Secretary, and has now been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of tamil Nadu.
It is noteworthy that Shivdas meena was an officer who worked closely with chief minister stalin when he was the local government minister in the previous DMK regime and when the AIADMK regime was formed, Shivdas meena was one of the 4 private secretaries of the then chief minister Jayalalithaa.