HYDERABAD: The TRS government on Wednesday appointed
Shailendra Kumar Joshi
as new chief secretary. After efforts to secure an extension from the Centre for incumbent chief secretary
SP Singh failed, the state bypassed three officers senior to him and appointed
Joshi as the new CS. He will also hold irrigation as additional charge and will be in service till December 2019.
An engineer from IIT-Roorkee, Joshi did his post-graduation from IIT-Delhi and also received doctorate in 2010. The 1984-batch IAS officer served as district collector of
Krishna and secretary in information technology, municipal administration, health and irrigation departments.