Bengaluru: The State Government on Friday May 27 appointed senior IAS Officer Vandita Sharma as the State’s new Chief Secretary.
Sharma is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner. A 1986-batch IAS officer, she is all set to take over the post from P. Ravi Kumar who will retire on Tuesday May 31.
Sharma will be State’s 39th Chief Secretary, and fourth woman to occupy the post, after K. Ratna Prabha in 2017, Malathi Das in 2006 and Teresa Bhattacharya in 2000.
