Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Commerce Ministry, according to an official order issued on Thursday.

He will take over as the new commerce secretary after the retirement of incumbent Anup Wadhawan on June 20, the order said.

According to official orders issued on Thursday, Subrahmanyam, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, will come to the Centre as an Officer on Special Duty in the Commerce Ministry and will take over as Secretary, Department of Commerce, upon Anup Wadhawan''s superannuation on June 30.

Subrahmanyam had taken over as the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir in June 2018, and during his tenure its special status was scrapped in 2019 and the state was bifurcated into two union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

(PTI)

JK Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam Appointed Officer On Special Duty In Commerce Ministry