Bhaskar Khulbe re-employed as secretary to PM for six months

Senior IAS officer Bhaskar Khulbe has been re-employed as Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six months, beginning April 1, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Khulbe was in October 2014 appointed as additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He was appointed as the secretary, PMO, in August 2016.

Khulbe is a 1983-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved re-employment of Khulbe as secretary to prime minister for a period of six months beyond March 31, 2019, the date of his superannuation, the order said.