IAS Vivek Joshi who was recently repatriated to his parent cadre in Haryana is now all set to become the state’s next Chief Secretary. Mr. Joshi, a 1989-batch Haryana cadre IAS officer, last served as the Secretary of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), and two weeks before that he had been laterally shifted from the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to DoPT.
Haryana’s incumbent Chief Secretary, Mr. TVSN Prasad (1988-batch IAS officer) is set to hang up his gloves on October 31st, 2024, and just five days ahead of Officer Prasad’s retirement, Mr. Joshi’s repatriation is a clear cut indication that he being the senior most officer in the Cadre, shall be appointed as the next Chief Secretary of Haryana.
However, it is also pertinent to mention that with Officer Joshi’s repatriation, another secretary-level post in the centre has been vacated. Secretary posts in the Ministry of Culture and the Department of Public Enterprise have already been vacant for months.
