Alapan Bandopadhyay, present Additional Chief Secretary (Home & Information) of West Bengal was named as the Chief Secretary of the state. He will take charge on October 1, 2020. He will succeed Rajiva Sinha who retires on September 30, 2020. Rajiva Sinha has been appointed the chairman of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation(WBIDC) for a period of 3 years with effect from October 1,2020.

• Alapan Bandopadhyay is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of West Bengal cadre.

Other Appointments

i.HK Dwivedi, presently the finance secretary of the State, will take over as the Home Secretary.

ii.Manoj Pant, presently the principal secretary of the Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department will be the new Finance Secretary.