Senior IAS officer, Ghanshyam Das has been appointed as the Secretary to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, by the Assam Government on Friday.

An official release stated Das was the secretary of the agriculture department earlier.

Assam civil service officer Simanta Kumar Das, who was the Tinsukia District Development Commissioner, has been transferred and posted as joint secretary to the chief minister.

Another state civil service officer Deba Prasad Misra has been named principal private secretary to Sarma.