GUWAHATI: Senior IAS officer Jishnu Barua has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Assam to replace Kumar Sanjay Krishna. Kumar Sanjay Krishna who took the charge of the chief secretary in December last year has retired on Saturday.
Jishnu Baruah is a 1988 batch IAS officer. Before being appointed as the chief secretary of the state, he was serving as the additional chief secretary of the government of Assam.
Talking to a national daily, Barua said that his top priorities are to successfully implement the New Bodo Accord and put an order in the entire revenue system of Assam.
“The top priorities are to put an order into the entire revenue system as I have been already working towards that. We are distributing the pattas. Secondly, we will ensure that all the records we have signed with the various insurgents’ groups are properly and successfully implemented,” Barua told the English newspaper.
