S K Joshi new chief secy, takes charge

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.