Chandigarh Administration assigns new portfolios to IAS officers, orders issued
Ramesh Goyat
Chandigarh, June 11, 2025: The Personnel Department of the Chandigarh Administration has assigned new responsibilities to three newly appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
The official orders were issued following their joining on June 9, 2025.As per the notification, the following portfolios have been allocated:
Swapnil M. Naik, IAS (AGMUT: 2009)
- Secretary, Hospitality
- Chairman, CITCO (Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation)
- OSD, Personnel
- (With this appointment, Anuradha S. Chagti, CSS, and Ajay Chagti, IAS, have been relieved of the related responsibilities.)
Pradeep Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 2013)
- Special Commissioner, Municipal Corporation
- Secretary, Agriculture Department
- (Hari Kallikkat, IAS, has been relieved of these responsibilities.)
Mohammad Mansoor L., IAS (AGMUT: 2017)
- Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department
- Secretary, Cooperation
- Secretary, Food & Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology
- Secretary, Excise and Taxation
- (These portfolios were previously handled by Prerna Puri, IAS, and Ajay Chagti, IAS, who have now been relieved.)
The orders were issued by Chandigarh Chief Secretary Rajeev Verma, IAS, on June 11, 2025.