Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday appointed K.K. Sharma, a 1983 batch Indian Administrative service (IAS) officer, as his fourth advisor, official sources said.

At present there are only three advisors to the governor -- B.B. Vyas, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and K. Vijay Kumar.

The portfolios of the advisors are likely to be shuffled to accommodate the new advisor, who belongs to Billawar in Kathua district.

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