Mr. Kapil Dev Tripathi was appointed as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Tripathi, a 1980 batch IAS (retired) officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is at present the chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

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The appointment of Tripathi ji, comes nearly two months after Mr. Kothari, a 1978 batch (retired) IAS officer of Haryana cadre, was selected as the next Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

However, the government has not notified the appointment as finding his successor took time.

Kapil Dev Tripathi is a 1980 batch IAS (retired) officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He has also served as the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).