The Union Home Ministry on Monday appointed Rajeev Verma, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, as the new Adviser to the UT Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit. The post of Adviser to UT Administrator was vacant since the retirement of Dharam Pal on October 31, 2023. Following Dharam Pal’s retirement, the additional charge of the post was given to UT Home Secretary Nitin Yadav. Verma, who is the Chief Secretary of Puducherry at present, is expected to take charge as UT Adviser in the next few days. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, he completed his M.Tech in Computer Science and his graduation in Computer Science from the University of Roorkee.