Sanjay Kothari appointed Secretary to President-elect Kovind
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Sanjay Kothari, a 1978-batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, as the Secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind. The committee also declared Senior journalist Ashok Malik as Press Secretary to Kovind. The appointments have been cleared for an initial period of two years by the committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.