Yogendra Narain is new Defence Secy

Yogendra Narain is new Defence Secy
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI, OCT 20: Yogendra Narain, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, on Friday took over as the new Defence Secretary.

Narain succeeds T R Prasad, who has moved as OSD in the cabinet secretariat as a prelude to his taking over as the new cabinet secretary.

Narain, a 1965 batch officer, earned a name for successfully tackling communal riots in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh as District Magistrate.

He has held various senior positions at the Centre and also in the state as secretary to the chief minister and principal secretary to the Governor, an official release said here.

At the Centre, Narain served as surface transport secretary and chairman of National Highways Authority of India before taking charge as UP chief secretary in April 1998. He was also founder chairman of the Greater NOIDA Industrial Development Authority.

His other assignments include being a district magistrate and later commissioner of Lucknow.