The 1985 batch IAS officer, Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu. He has succeeded K Shanmugam whose second extension in service ended on Sunday. He has taken over the position from today.
Ranjan was repatriated to his parent cadre of Tamil Nadu by the Centre at the request of the state government.
Ranjan began his career as Sub-Collector in Tiruvannamalai (1987-89). He was appointed as the Collector of Tiruchirapalli district in 1995. Later, he moved to the Centre for a few years before returning to his parent cadre. He had worked as Principal Secretary and later as Additional Chief Secretary (Highways) when Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was the Highways Minister.
In 2018, he returned to Delhi and served as Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, till he was repatriated to his parent cadre last week.
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