New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has appointed senior Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer Ranjan Prakash Thakur as Principal Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department.
An order issued by the J-K government said on Thursday. Some weeks back, Sinha had asked the Union Home Ministry to help select highly-rated officers to assist him.
Manoj Sinha had last month announced a new industrial policy for Jammu and Kashmir, aimed at developing industries and bringing in big-time investments to the Union Territory in the next two years. Thakur will help drive that policy.
While a railways officer (IRTS, 1990 batch) who has been ED (Tourism & Catering) and Divisional Railway Manager, Danapur, Thakur has had multiple assignments outside the railways as well.
An alumnus of Delhi''s prestigious St Stephen''s college, IIFT and IIM Indore, he was Executive Director (Fuel Transportation) at NPTC, ADG Doordarshan (DTH), and Brand Head, Shatabdi Express.
