Senior IAS officer D.S. Dhesi Wednesday took over as the new chief secretary of Haryana. He replaces P.K. Gupta, who became the chief secretary Dec 1, 2014.
A 1982-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Haryana cadre, Dhesi was the additional secretary in the union ministry of commerce and chairman and managing director of the Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation (MMTC) so far.
Official sources here said Dhesi still has nearly four years of service left.
--Indo-Asian News Service
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