West Bengal gets its first female Chief Secretary as Nandini Chakravorty

December 31, 2025

Published - January 01, 2026 02:22 am IST - Kolkata Senior IAS officer Nandini Chakravorty was on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) appointed the chief secretary of West Bengal, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the state. Ms. Chakravorty, who was in charge of State’s Home and Hill Affairs Department replaced Manoj Pant as the Chief Secretary who superannuated on December 31.

West Bengal gets its first female Chief Secretary as Nandini Chakravorty

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The term of Mr.
Pant was set to expire on June 30, but he was given extension for six months till December 31 Ms.
Chakravorty, was replaced by Jagdish Prasad Meena, who will be new Home Secretary.
The bureaucratic reshuffle assumes significance as West Bengal goes to assembly polls in 2026.
Another order of the West Bengal government said that Mr.

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West Bengal gets its first female Chief Secretary as Nandini Chakravorty

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West Bengal gets its first female Chief Secretary as Nandini Chakravorty

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