Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 29 (ANI): Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Ranjana Kala was appointed as the Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) on Thursday, as per an official statement.

Ranjana Kala, a 1985 batch IFS Officer, was designated to the post with the consent of Governor Baby Rani Maurya. Principal Secretary of Forest, Anand Vardhan, issued orders in this regard today.

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The central Indian Forest Service Association also congratulated Kala on her appointment. "IFS Association congratulates Ranjana Kala, IFS (UK:1985) on her appointment as PCCF (Head of Forest Force), in Uttarakhand. We wish her a successful tenure," IFS Association said. (ANI)

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