New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Corporate Affairs Secretary Rajesh Verma was on Thursday appointed as Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Verma is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Odisha cadre.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Verma as Secretary to the President of India in place of Kapil Dev Tripathi, it said.

Tripathi, a 1980-batch retired IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was in April 2020 appointed as Secretary to then President Ram Nath Kovind.

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