Former Assam Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (IPS:1988:AM) has been sworn in as the state’s new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). On Wednesday, Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria administered the oath of office to Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta.
Mahanta, who retired on January 31 this year, succeeded another retired IPS officer A P Rout as the state’s CIC.
The brief ceremony was attended among others by the Education Advisor ProfNani Gopal Mahanta, Commissioner and Secretary, Administrative Reforms and Training Shantanu P Gotmare, State Information Commissioner Samudra Gupta Kashyap.