Girija Vaidyanathan, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land
Administration, Tamil Nadu, has taken over as the Chief Secretary to
Government and will also hold full additional charge of the post of
Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner of Administrative Reforms,
according to an official announcement.
Girija Vaidyanathan, 57, is a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of the 1981 batch
with over 35 years experience in civil service. She has a Ph.D in health
economics from the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras and is a
post graduate in Physics.
Over three and a half decades in service, Vaidyanathan, has held a wide
range of responsibilities across a number of departments including
health, education, agriculture, transportation and state planning.
Girija Vaidyanathan replaces P Rama Mohana Rao, who is a subject of investigation by
income tax authorities.
On Wednesday, I-T officials conducted searches
at Rao’s office at the State Secretariat and his residence, and several
other locations associated with him and his son Vivek.
The searches have yielded over ₹ 30 lakh cash including a large quantity
of newly released large denomination currencies, bullion and documents
relating to ₹ 5 crore worth of “undisclosed income”, IT officials said.
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