Invest UP’s new CEO assumes charge

Lucknow: The newly appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Invest UP, Vijay Kiran Anand assumed charge of his position on Friday. He reported to the office of the department of industries headquarters at Lok Bhavan and met his superiors.
Thereafter, he headed to the Invest UP office to take stock of his post, which was lying vacant since the last CEO, Abhishek Prakash, was suspended a fortnight ago following allegations of corruption.
Anand, who will continue to be the mela adhikari in an additional charge, held several important positions in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Mid-Day Meal schemes. Besides serving as mission director of the Clean India mission (rural) UP under the department of panchayati raj, he was also the district magistrate of Gorakhpur between July 2021 and June 2022.