Jaideep Govind set to take over as Secretary General of NHRC

Senior bureaucrat Jaideep Govind was on Friday appointed Secretary-General, National Human Rights Commission, according to an order issued by personnel Ministry. Govind, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is at present Special Secretary and Financial Adviser in Ministry of Rural Development. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment as the Secretary-General, NHRC, the order said.

In another order, the Personnel Ministry said that P N Sukul will be Secretary, National Commission for Minorities (NCM). The ACC has approved the appointment of Sukul as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the NCM with immediate effect, the order said. He will take over as the Secretary, NCM on superannuation of J Rama Krishna Rao on February 28, it said. Sukul is a 1982 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service.