Kolkata: Alapan Bandopadhyay was named as the new chief secretary of West Bengal on Monday.
Bandopadhyay, who is at present the state home secretary, will join his new posting on October 1, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
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I'm pleased to announce that Alapan Bandyopadhyay, now Addnl Chief Secy (Home & Information) is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of WB.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
H K Dwivedi, hitherto Finance Secy, will be new Home Secy & Manoj Pant takes charge of Finance w.e.f. 1st Oct. Best wishes to entire team.
">I'm pleased to announce that Alapan Bandyopadhyay, now Addnl Chief Secy (Home & Information) is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of WB.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 28, 2020
H K Dwivedi, hitherto Finance Secy, will be new Home Secy & Manoj Pant takes charge of Finance w.e.f. 1st Oct. Best wishes to entire team.I'm pleased to announce that Alapan Bandyopadhyay, now Addnl Chief Secy (Home & Information) is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of WB.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 28, 2020
H K Dwivedi, hitherto Finance Secy, will be new Home Secy & Manoj Pant takes charge of Finance w.e.f. 1st Oct. Best wishes to entire team.
He will take over the new role from Rajiva Sinha who retires on September 30.
Bandopadhyay is a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
HK Dwivedi, who is at present the finance secretary of the state, will take over as the home secretary, the chief minister said.
Manoj Pant will be the new finance secretary. He is at present the principal secretary of the Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department.
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I would also like to announce that outgoing Chief Secretary of West Bengal Shri Rajiva Sinha, has now been appointed the Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 3 years w.e.f 1st October.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
I thank him for his tireless service to GoWB.
">I would also like to announce that outgoing Chief Secretary of West Bengal Shri Rajiva Sinha, has now been appointed the Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 3 years w.e.f 1st October.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 28, 2020
I thank him for his tireless service to GoWB.
I would also like to announce that outgoing Chief Secretary of West Bengal Shri Rajiva Sinha, has now been appointed the Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 3 years w.e.f 1st October.
I thank him for his tireless service to GoWB.
Sinha was appointed the chairman of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), Banerjee announced. He has been appointed to the post for a period of three years, she said.
"I thank him for his tireless service to GoWB, Banerjee tweeted.
"Best wishes to the entire team," she added.
Meanwhile, Kanwaljit Singh was made the new secretary of the Tribal Development department along with the additional charges of the Sunderban Affairs department, an official order said.
Prabhat Kumar Mishra was named as the new secretary of the Water Resources Investigation & Development Department with an additional charge of the fisheries department.
Rajesh Pandey, principal secretary of the MSME and textiles department, was also given additional charge of Public Health Engineering department.
Rajesh Kumar Sinha, secretary of the Tribal Development, was named as the new Transport department while Santanu Basu was made the information and cultural affairs department secretary, the order said.
Basu will, however, continue as the chairman and managing director of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL).
Sumit Gupta, joint secretary of the state health department, was entrusted with the additional charge as the executive director of the WBIDC, it said.
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