NEW DELHI: Rajiv Takru on Wednesday assumed charge as Additional Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. He comes in place of Uday Kumar Verma, an IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh in the 1976 batch, who was moved as the new Secretary in the Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from 1 September.
Prior to his appointment, Takru was Director General of National Institute of Fashion Technology under the Ministry of Textiles.
Takru has served in various capacities at both the Centre and State in various Departments/Ministries such as Defence, Textiles, Finance & Revenue, Commerce, Urban Development and Tourism.
A graduate in mechanical engineering, he also served as Deputy Director at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussourie.