Nandini Chakravorty was on Wednesday appointed as the chief secretary of West Bengal, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the state, a senior official said. ADVERTISEMENTPant was appointed as the principal secretary to the chief minister in the rank of chief secretary, he said. Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources department's additional chief secretary Barun Kumar Ray will also look after the tourism department, one of the notifications said. Public Health Engineering department's principal secretary Surendra Gupta was given the additional charge of divisional commissioner of the Presidency Division. North Bengal Development department's additional chief secretary Dushyant Nariala was also assigned to the charge of principal secretary, GTA, along with the Correctional Administration department, another notification said.

Source: The Telegraph December 31, 2025 16:18 UTC