Dharam Pal, a 1988-batch IAS officer, was appointed as the New Adviser to UT Administrator on Monday. The Union Home Ministry issued the transfer orders of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre officer.
As per notification, Dharam Pal has been posted in Chandigarh as adviser with immediate effect. He replaced Manoj Parida, who was transferred to Delhi on June 17, six months before the completion of his three-year tenure. Parida will take over as the chairman of the National Authority of Chemical Weapons Convention.
Before his present assignment, Dharam Pal was additional secretary in the department of fertilisers under the Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, New Delhi.
