Vijayawada: Senior IAS officer Dr KS Jawahar Reddy assumed charge as the new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh at the Secretariat on Wednesday. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer.

He started his career as a IAS officer as a Sub-Collector of Narasapuram in 1992-94, Project Officer of ITDA at Bhadrachalam in 1994-96 and Joint Collector of Nalgonda in 1996-98.  He also worked as Collector of Srikakulam and East Godavari districts, Managing Director of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Secretary at the CMO.

He worked as Principal Secretary of Medical and Health during 2014-19, Executive Officer of TTD in 2020-21 and as Special Secretary to Chief Minister.  After assuming the office as C.S he thanked Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for giving him the opportunity. He vowed to strengthen the official machinery for effective implementation of development programmes and welfare schemes in the State.