Panaji: The Union Home Ministry has appointed IAS V Candavelou as the Chief Secretary of Goa, replacing IAS Dr. Puneet Kumar Goel. Candavelou is an IAS Officer of the 1997 batch belonging to the AGMUT cadre.
Candavelou previously served as the Principal Secretary to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was transferred to Goa in 2022 and since then he has held several important positions including the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Secretary of Finance, and Mines and Geology. He is also the chairman of the three-member Goa Staff Selection Commission.
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