New Collectors for nine districts; Secretaries for three departments

New Collectors for nine districts; Secretaries for three departments

The Hindu Bureau

CHENNAI 01.02.2025

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday posted new Collectors to nine districts and new Secretaries to the Departments of Special Programme Implementation, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons.

Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam issued the government order posting R. Sadheesh as the Dharmapuri Collector, S. Saravanan as the Dindigul Collector, and M. Prathap as the Tiruvallur Collector. While C. Dinesh Kumar is the new Collector of Krishnagiri, S. Shiek Abdul Rahman has been posted as the Villupuram Collector.

K. Tharpagaraj will be the Tiruvannamalai Collector and V. Mohanachandran has been posted as the Tirupattur Collector. R. Sukumar and K. Sivasoundaravalli have been posted as the Tirunelveli and Tiruvarur Collectors respectively.

Pradeep Yadav will hold the full additional charge as the Secretary of the Special Programme Implementation Department, while Jayashree Muralidharan will hold the full additional charge as Secretary of the Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons Department. V. Dakshinamoorthy will serve as the Secretary of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department.

Madurai Commissioner

Chitra Vijayan will become the Commissioner of the Madurai Corporation. Gaurav Kumar will assume office as the Executive Director of Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. A. Shanmuga Sundaram will become the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation. J. Innocent Divya has been posted as the Commissioner of Technical Education and Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan as the Commissioner of Disaster Management. T. Charusree has been posted as the Director of Treasuries and Accounts and S.A. Raman as the Commissioner of Labour. S. Ganesh will be the Special Secretary in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.

Darez Ahamed will take over as the Managing Director, Guidance. M. Aarthi will hold the full additional charge as Project Director, Tamil Nadu Women Employment and Safety Programme. R. Kannan has been posted as the Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. K. Santhi has been posted as the Director of Sericulture. M.N. Poongodi has been posted as the Joint Commissioner (Admin.), Commercial Taxes.

Lalitaditya Neelam has been posted as the Joint Commissioner of Municipal Administration. C. Palani has been posted as the Additional Commissioner (Admin.), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments.

Shankar Lal Kumawat has been posted as the Additional Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department. K.M. Sarayu will be the Joint Secretary (Protocol), Public Department. Srutanjay Narayanan has been posted as the Joint Director (e-Governance) and Joint Chief Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency. R. Anamika is the Additional Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. R. Jaya has been posted as the Commissioner of Economics and Statistics.

S.P. Amrith is the Additional Registrar of Co-operative Societies, while S. Kishan Kumar is the Sub-Collector, Chidambaram. Durga Moorthi will assume office as the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited, while T. Prabhushankar will become the Managing Director, Metropolitan Transport Corporation. K.P. Karthikeyan will take over as the Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu.

D. Baskara Pandian will assume office as the Project Director of Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-II and the Chennai-Kanniyakumari Industrial Corridor Project, and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company. J.E. Padmaja will take over as the Additional Collector (Dev.), District Rural Development Agency.