New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) Senior bureaucrat Vandita Kaul was on Friday appointed as the Secretary, Department of Posts, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Kaul, a 1989-batch Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer, is currently serving as Member (Banking & Direct Benefit Transfer), Postal Services Board.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved her appointment as Secretary, Department of Posts and she will succeed Vineet Pandey upon his superannuation, it said.

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