New Delhi, Feb 08: Anil Baijal today took over as the new Home Secretary of the Indian government. A senior Indian Administrative Service officer, Baijal took over from N Gopalaswamy, who is today taking over as the election commissioner. Baijal is from the 1969 batch of the Union Territory cadre and has two years and ten months of service left before retirement.
Before joining the home ministry, Baijal was the vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). He has also worked as Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar , the chairman and managing director Indian Airlines, commissioner sales tax and excise, national capital territory of Delhi, development commissioner of Goa and councilor in charge of India Aid Mission in Nepal.
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