Biju K is new Secretary, Tourism, Additional charges to IAS officers

In a major reshuffle, the Kerala Government has given additional charges to some of the senior IAS officers. Accordingly, K S Srinivas, Principal Secretary, Fisheries, will hold full additional charge of Ports, while Rathan U Kelkar, Secretary, Electronics and IT, has been given full additional charge of Environment, in addition to existing additional charges. Biju K, Secretary, Public Works, will hold full additional charge of the Tourism Department. A Kowsigan, Director, Animal Husbandry, has been posted as Commissioner for Land Revenue. He will hold full additional charges of Commissioner of Disaster Management; State Project Manager, National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project; and Director, Animal Husbandry. Seeram Sambasiva Rao, Director, Survey and Land Records, will hold full additional charge of Director, Dairy Development. Abdul Nasar B, Additional Secretary, Revenue, will hold full additional charges of Housing Commissioner and Secretary, Kerala State Housing Board. Gopalakrishnan K, Director, Scheduled Castes Development, will hold full additional charge of Director, Backward Classes Development.