Sanjay Mitra appointed Defence Secretary

The government named Road Transport and Highways Secretary Sanjay Mitra as the new Secretary for Defence on 10 June. Mitra will take over as the secretary after the present incumbent, G Mohan Kumar, completes his tenure. Sanjay Mitra, is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the West Bengal cadre, and will have a fixed two-year tenure and also served a sevenyear stint (November 2004 to July 2011) as a joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office of Dr Manmohan Singh.