The government in Himachal Pradesh has appointed 1990 batch IAS and Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Prabodh Saxena as the new Chief Secretary of the state.
Born in 1965 in Uttar Pradesh, Prabodh Saxena is a graduate of economics and law.
He was holding the charge of Additional Chief Secretary (Finance, Planning, Economics, and Statistics).
Saxena has been elevated ahead of five officers senior to him — Ram Subhag Singh (a 1987batch officer), Nisha Singh (1987), Ali Raza Rizvi (1988), Sanjay Gupta (1988) and K Sanjay Murthy (1989).