Newly appointed secretary to Governor Anand Vardhan took charge on Monday morning. This would be the first such appointment after the imposition of the President’s Rule in the State. Meanwhile, Odisha cadre Ex IPS and DG CRPF Prashant Mishra and former IAS Ravindra Singh have been appointed as advisers to the Governor with immediate effect. They have arrived on Monday late evening.
Mishra, a 1977-batch Odisha cadre IPS officer, had retired as the chief of the world's largest paramilitary force last month.
Ravindra Singh is UP cadre IAS officer & 1979 batch IAS and retired in 2015. He has served this region as Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) MD and Chamoli District Magistrate as well. He is having old acquaintance of Uttarakhand.