G Mohan Kumar is Defence Secy

New Delhi, May 22

G. Mohan Kumar, an Orissa-cadre IAS officer of the 1979 batch, was appointed as the new Defence Secretary here today. Kumar, who hails from Kerala, will take over from RK Mathur, who superannuated after a two-year tenure.

Kumar is working as Secretary, Department of Defence Production and is India’s points-man in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative with the US. Ashok Kumar Gupta, a Tamil Nadu-cadre IAS officer of the 1981 batch, will take over as Secretary, Department of Defence Production, replacing G. Mohan Kumar. — 

(Source- Tribune NewService)