<p>New Delhi: T V Somanathan took over as cabinet secretary on Friday following the superannuation of Rajiv Gauba, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Gauba had been cabinet secretary since 2019 and completed an unprecedented five-year term.</p>.<p>Until recently the Union finance secretary, Somanathan was named as the next cabinet secretary on August 10 with a two-year tenure.</p>.<p>A 1987-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Somanathan is a qualified chartered accountant, cost accountant and company secretary.</p>.<p>He has held important assignments at the Centre, including as joint secretary and later as additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office.</p>.<p>He also served as a joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs and was deputed as director for corporate affairs at the World Bank in Washington DC.</p>.Satish Kumar appointed as new chairman and CEO of Railway Board .<p>Somanathan was holding the charge of finance secretary and secretary in the Department of Expenditure when he was named cabinet secretary.</p>.<p>In Tamil Nadu, he served many key positions such as managing director of the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation and secretary to the chief minister.</p>.<p>Somanathan was additional chief secretary and commissioner of commercial taxes during the crucial phase of the rollout of GST.</p>
<p>New Delhi: T V Somanathan took over as cabinet secretary on Friday following the superannuation of Rajiv Gauba, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Gauba had been cabinet secretary since 2019 and completed an unprecedented five-year term.</p>.<p>Until recently the Union finance secretary, Somanathan was named as the next cabinet secretary on August 10 with a two-year tenure.</p>.<p>A 1987-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Somanathan is a qualified chartered accountant, cost accountant and company secretary.</p>.<p>He has held important assignments at the Centre, including as joint secretary and later as additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office.</p>.<p>He also served as a joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs and was deputed as director for corporate affairs at the World Bank in Washington DC.</p>.Satish Kumar appointed as new chairman and CEO of Railway Board .<p>Somanathan was holding the charge of finance secretary and secretary in the Department of Expenditure when he was named cabinet secretary.</p>.<p>In Tamil Nadu, he served many key positions such as managing director of the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation and secretary to the chief minister.</p>.<p>Somanathan was additional chief secretary and commissioner of commercial taxes during the crucial phase of the rollout of GST.</p>