IAS Dharam Pal has been appointed as the new UT Advisor to Chandigarh with the immediate effect.
“Dharam Pal, IAS (AGMUT:1988) joined the cadre on June 14, 2021. The period from the date of his joining the cadre to date of issue to this order may be treated as ‘awaiting posting,” read the order issued by Ministry of Home Affairs.
Before his present assignment, he was additional secretary in the department of fertilisers under the Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, New Delhi.
Dharam Pal replaces outgoing UT adviser Manoj Parida, who was transferred to Delhi on June 17, six months before the completion of his three-year tenure. Parida will take over as the chairman of the National Authority of Chemical Weapons Convention.
