Patna: Senior IAS officer Tripurari Sharan was on Saturday named because the new Chief Secretary of Bihar, however his tenure can be for a quick interval of two months solely, in accordance to a authorities notification. Sharan succeeded Arun Kumar Singh who died of COVID the day gone by.
A 1985 batch IAS officer, Sharan will retire from service on June 30 this yr. He was presently holding the accountability of Chairman of Revenue Council. According to the notification issued by the General Administration division, Sanjeev Kumar Sinha (1986 batch) will exchange Sharan in Revenue Council. The 1985 batch IAS officer Arun Kumar Singh had died of COVID in a non-public hospital right here Friday.
He had examined optimistic mid-April and after an extended battle with the illness breathed his final the day gone by. Singh was scheduled to retire in August end however his sudden demise pressured a reshuffle.
A big numnber of senior bureaucrts have come below assault of COVID in its lethal ongoing second wave in Bihar. Before Singh, Additional Health Secretary Ravi Shankar Choudhary and Director in Panchayati Raj division Vijay Ranjan had succumed to COVID an infection.
The notification additionally gave particulars of switch of another senior IAS officers. Sudhir Kumar will take over the cost of Chief Investigation Commissioner in General Administration division from Sinha.
The 1989 batch IAS officer Vandana Kinney can be Additional Chief Secretary in the division of Labour Resources division. She can even have further accountability of Arts, Culture and Youth affairs division.
Mihir Kumar Singh has been made Commissioner of Tirhut division at Muzaffarpur.
Prem Singh Meena has been named as new Bhagalpur Commissioner. He can even maintain further cost of Munger division.
Manish Kumar (2005 batch) turned new Darbhanga Commissioner.