Vini Mahajan appointed Punjab’s first girl Main Secretary

The Punjab governing administration on Friday appointed 1987-batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Vini Mahajan as the new Chief Secretary, replacing Karan Avtar Singh. Mahajan results in being the 1st woman Chief Secretary of the condition.

1984 batch officer Karan Avtar Singh has been posted as Exclusive Main Secretary of Governance Reforms.

The only Punjab cadre officer presently in the point out who is empanelled to maintain the situation as Secretary with the authorities of India, Mahajan was till now serving as Further Main Secretary with the Expenditure Marketing, Industries and Commerce, Details Technological know-how and Governance Reforms and General public Grievances.

Info about IAS Officer Vini Mahajan,  the 1st lady Main Secretary of Punjab

Vini Mahajan has been taking part in a essential part in steering the point out government’s reaction to the Covid-19 crisis as Chairman of the Overall health Sector Response and Procurement Committee.

An economics graduate from Lady Shri Ram School, Delhi College, and a postgraduate from the Indian Institute of Administration (IIM), Calcutta, she was pivotal in the state’s achievements in attracting over Rs 20,000 crore new investments each year all through her tenure in Investment Promotion and Industries and Commerce office.

In fact, it was with her at the helm of the section that Punjab participated for the to start with time in the Environment Financial Discussion board at Davos in 2019, and held a highly prosperous Trader Summit, with focus on MSMEs, in December 2019.

She served in the business of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2005-2012 and dealt with issues relating to finance, marketplace and commerce, telecom, IT, and many others.

She was part of the main group of the central government that set jointly India’s domestic reaction, in the course of and pursuing the 2008 world wide monetary disaster. She also participated in the global response via the G-20 system.