Girija Vaidyanathan appointed Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu

Girija Vaidyanathan, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu in place of P. Rama Mohana Rao, a government order said on Thursday.

She will also hold full additional charge of Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms.

An officer of the 1981 batch of the Indian Administrative Service, Ms.Vaidyanathan is a post-graduate in physics.