Skandan
Krishnan, a retired 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been
appointed as the fourth Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik.
The appointment was caused after one of the advisors, Bharat Bhushan Vyas (IAS:1986:JK),
was made a Member of Union Public Service Commission. The other three advisors
to the Governor are Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, and K K Sharma. Krishnan
has held various senior positions in the state of Tamil Nadu, where he served
continuously for 25 years before joining the Government of India, under which
he held the important assignments of Joint Secretary in-charge of Centre-State
Division, Kashmir Division from 2007 to 2012 and was assigned charge of the
Additional Secretary (Centre-States) Division from 2012 onwards.
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By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-23 11:37:55
Skandan
Krishnan, a retired 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been
appointed as the fourth Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik.
The appointment was caused after one of the advisors, Bharat Bhushan Vyas (IAS:1986:JK),
was made a Member of Union Public Service Commission. The other three advisors
to the Governor are Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, and K K Sharma.
Krishnan has held various senior positions in the state of Tamil Nadu, where he served continuously for 25 years before joining the Government of India, under which he held the important assignments of Joint Secretary in-charge of Centre-State Division, Kashmir Division from 2007 to 2012 and was assigned charge of the Additional Secretary (Centre-States) Division from 2012 onwards.
