Bureaucrats Magazine – An order to this effect was issued by incumbent chief secretary V Irai Anbu , who will be retiring from service on Friday. Meena ranks 12th on the TN cadre list. The 1989 batch officer is the native of in Rajasthan district.
Bureaucrats Magazine – A civil engineering graduate from Rajasthan University, the bureaucrat also possesses a masters degree in international development studies from Kobe, Japan.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Meena began his over three-decade career from Kancheepuram district as an assistant collector in 1990 and went on to become additional collector (development) and project officer, DRDA in Vellore, and thereafter in Coimbatore.
Bureaucrats Magazine – After his short stint in Jeeva Transport Corporation in Erode as its managing director, Meena helmed Nagapattinam district collectorate during the M Karunanidhi regime ending 2001. He held the posts of joint secretary in IT department, additional registrar of cooperative societies, and executive director of Chennai Metrowater, and additional commissioner of civil supplies and consumer protection department briefly before becoming joint commissioner (education) in Corporation of Chennai in 2004.
Bureaucrats Magazine – He had helmed Metrowater, TAHDCO, Medical Services Corporation, as managing director, and executive director of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Meena was also commissioner of commercial taxes, agriculture, civil supplies and consumer protection departments after late chief minister J Jayalalithaa returned to power in 2011. She appointed him as administrator of Annamalai University in Chidambaram, in the specially created post, to set the system right after financial irregularities made headlines.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Meena also held the post of principal secretary of cooperation, food and consumer protection department before becoming secretary II to Jayalalithaa when she won the second consecutive term in June 2016. The post he held until July 2017 saw the transition of power – after the demise of Jayalalithaa – to her successors, O Panneerselvam and Edappadi K Palaniswami.
Bureaucrats Magazine – The senior bureaucrat went on central deputation and joined the ministry of housing and urban affairs as joint secretary and thereafter elevated to the level of additional secretary. He was also chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board for a year before being handpicked by chief minister to helm the municipal administration and water supply department in June 2021.
Bureaucrats Magazine – The state government on Thursday posted senior bureaucrat Shiv Das Meena as the next chief secretary. He will take charge as the 49th chief secretary of the state on Friday evening. Senior IAS officer Shiv Das Meena (59) is the new chief secretary to Tamil Nadu government. He succeeds V Irai Anbu who is retiring from service on Friday. Currently, Meena is secretary to Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department
Bureaucrats Magazine – Meena, who will be assuming office on Friday, supersedes 10 senior IAS officers to become the 49th chief secretary of the state. After the DMK government assumed office in May 2021, the state government requested the repatriation of Meena to his parent cadre – Tamil Nadu.
