Jude Sekhar, an Odisha cadre IFS officer, has been appointed as Inspector General of Forests, Environment Ministry officials said here today.
The post was lying vacant ever since P J Dilip Kumar retired as IG (Forests) in November last year. ADG (Forest) A K Srivastava was holding the additional charge.
Officials said Sekhar, a 1976-batch IFS officer, is likely to take charge next week. He will retire in December.
