President's secy Sanjay Kothari appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner

The tenure of CVC chief is of four years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years

Sanjay Kothari, who was working as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind, was on Saturday appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique. He was selected with majority votes.

CVC is the anti-corruption watchdog with autonomous status. It is free of control from any executive authority. It also has the responsibility of monitoring all vigilance activities in the central government.

The post of the chief of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had been lying vacant since June last year after completion of K V Chowdary's tenure.

"At a ceremony held today at 1030 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sanjay