Senior IAS officer Rajiv Takru today took charge as secretary in the department of financial services, replacing D K Mittal who retired yesterday. A 1979-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, Mr Takru was previously chief executive of Prasar Bharti.
Mr Takru, who joins the Finance Ministry ahead of the Budget for 2013-14 to be presented later in the month, is scheduled to meet heads of public sector bankers on February 5.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) posted him as OSD in the financial services department of the Ministry of Finance, from January 15 to January 31, 2013.
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Prior to this, Mr Takru was additional secretary and financial adviser in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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