New Delhi: Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Rajesh Verma has been appointed Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu. An IAS officer of 1987-batch, Verma belongs to Odisha cadre.

“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Rajesh Verma, IAS (OR-87), Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs as Secretary to the President of India vice Kapil Dev Tripathi, AIS (AM:80) (Retd),” reads an official notification of the Central Government.

Verma was serving as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Earlier, Verma has also served as the Principal Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Principal Secretary of Energy Department, Government of Odisha. /BI/