HP cadre retired IAS appointed as Advisor to PM

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approving the following appointment here today. The order also mentioned postings of two other officers as Adl Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO ). Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS (MP: 1994), currently Administrator, Universal Services Obligation Fund, Department of Telecommunications, as Adl Secretary, PMO and Atish Chandra, IAS ( BH  1994 ), currently CMD, Food Corporation of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution, as Adl Secretary, PMO, for the balance tenure of his Central deputation or until further orders. Kapoor and Former Chief Secretary Anil Khachi, who is state election commissioner now, were adjudged best bureaucrats by an Institution last year. They were included among top 50 IAS officers on the basis of their performance on duty.