K Ramakrishna Rao assumes charge as Telangana’s new Chief Secretary

In Telangana, State Finance Special Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, a 1991 batch IAS officer, assumed charge as State Chief Secretary yesterday in Hyderabad. Mr. Rao, as Finance Secretary, prepared 14 budgets of the State, including two vote-on-account budgets, during his decade-long tenure in the department. Mr. Rao, as the new State Chief Secretary, will also hold



full additional charge as Special Chief Secretary of Finance.

Meanwhile, outgoing Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari has been appointed as vice-chairperson of Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute (Dr. MCR HRD). She retired from service yesterday on attaining the age of superannuation.