Nandini Chakravorty was sworn in as the primary girl chief secretary of West Bengal on Wednesday after approval by Governor CV Ananda Bose.
She changed eight senior IAS officers as principal secretary, officers mentioned.
The appointment of Chakravorty, a 1994-batch IAS officer, as chief secretary by the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC authorities got here months earlier than the meeting elections within the state.
The 56-year-old house minister changed Chief Minister Manoj Pant, whose time period of workplace had expired on Wednesday.
Pant, a 1991 IAS officer, had retired on June 30 however was granted a six-month extension from July 1 to December 31.
In the meantime, Mr. Pant has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister on the rank of Principal Secretary.
Jagdish Prasad Meena, an IAS officer of 2004, has been appointed as House Minister, changing Nandini Chakravorty. Mr. Meena was a secretary (Personnel and Administrative Reform Bureau).
“Nandini Chakravorty, a 1994 IAS officer, has succeeded eight senior IAS officers as the primary girl chief secretary of West Bengal. Her appointment will give the TMC authorities an edge in coping with the Election Fee in the course of the meeting polls scheduled in just a few months,” mentioned a senior official from state secretariat Nabanna.
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In line with sources, Chakravorty may be very near the earlier Left Entrance authorities and had headed the West Bengal Industrial Improvement Company (WBIDC) in the course of the 2007-08 land acquisition drive in Singur and Nandigram led by Mamata Banerjee.
Even after TMC got here to energy in 2011 and Mamata Banerjee grew to become chief minister, Nandini Chakravorty continued to function WBIDC chief. She was additionally given further cost of the Data and Tradition Division. Sources mentioned she quickly misplaced assist from the CM and was eliminated as editor of the state gazetteer.
After main a number of departments, she was appointed secretary to the governor. “She was additionally embroiled in a tussle with governor CV Ananda Bose and was eliminated. Nonetheless, Mr. Chakarvorti’s tussle with Governor Bose put her again on the federal government’s good books and she or he was made the pinnacle of the industries ministry,” a senior official mentioned.
In 2024, she was appointed state inside minister.
Different plans:
Atri Bhattacharya, Principal Secretary, IAS Officer 1989, has been given the extra cost of Director, Netaji Subhas Administrative Coaching Institute, along with his present cost of Sundarban Affairs Division.
Chief Secretary Varun Kumar Roy, who heads the Ministry of Unconventional and Renewable Power Sources, has been given further cost of the Tourism Ministry, which was beforehand held by Nandini Chakraborty.
Surendra Gupta, Principal Secretary (Public Well being Engineering Division) has been given the extra cost of Divisional Commissioner within the President’s Division.
Mr. Dushyant Nariala, Further Principal Secretary, Ministry of Improvement of North Bengal, has additionally been appointed to the cost of Principal Secretary, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) together with Correctional Administration.
