The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday (20.08.2024) re-designated the Secretaries of the Chief Minister following the appointment of N Muruganandam (IAS:1991:TN), Additional Chief Secretary/ Secretary-I to Chief Minister as Chief Secretary of State on Monday.
As per the order, senior IAS officer P Umanath (IAS:2001:TN) has been re-designated as the Secretary-I of the Chief Secretary. Additionally, MS Shanmugam (IAS:2002:TN) and Anu George (IAS:2003:TN) have been re-designated as CM Secretaries II and III, respectively.
G Lakshmipathy was appointed as Joint Secretary of the Chief Minister on Monday. Prior to this appointment, he was serving as Collector of Thoothukudi.