Director General (DG) of Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI) Ram Sewak Sharma will don a new role in Jharkhand as he will take charge of the Chief Secretary of the State on April 1.
The 1978 batch IAS officer has been given the new role as he got repatriated from central deputation on March 25 and the incumbent Chief Secretary SK Chaudhary, a 1977 batch IAS officer, is due to retire on March 31.
A notification issued by the department of personnel, administrative reforms and Rajbhasha on Friday stated that Sharma has been repatriated on March 25 from central deputation and he will be posted as Chief Secretary of the State. However, the notification would be effective after the retirement of incumbent CS SK Chaudhary and handing over of the charge.
Sharma, a Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, is a Masters in Mathematics from IIT, Kanpur, He has also earned a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California. With a wide experience in administration Sharma has served as Deputy Commissioner in many districts in united Bihar and held several important posts of secretary and principal secretary in Bihar and Jharkhand. He is also credited with making Jharkhand lead among several eastern states of the country in Aadhaar enrolment.