Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Tamil Nadu Reshuffles Senior Officials, Names Karthik Home Secretary
The Tamil Nadu government has moved several senior officials to new jobs.
A. Karthik will lead the department responsible for home affairs, prohibition, and excise.
He previously led a state small industries corporation.
Dr. K. Manivasan will now oversee land administration.
Rajesh Lakhoni will lead the state’s electricity and power distribution organizations and take on other energy roles.
V. Arun Roy is moving to a finance job.
N. Venkatesh is moving to lead the state’s agriculture department.
The government announced the changes in an order issued by Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar.
Senior IAS officer A. Karthik was appointed Principal Secretary to Tamil Nadu’s Home, Prohibition, and Excise Department.
Karthik moves from his role as head of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation.
Dr. K. Manivasan was transferred to become Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration.
Rajesh Lakhoni was assigned leadership roles in the state’s electricity, power distribution, and energy corporations.
V. Arun Roy moves to Finance as Secretary for Expenditure, while N. Venkatesh becomes Agricultural Production Commissioner and Agriculture Department Secretary.
- Who
- Senior IAS officers A. Karthik, Dr. K. Manivasan, Rajesh Lakhoni, V. Arun Roy, and N. Venkatesh.
- What
- The Tamil Nadu government announced a bureaucratic reshuffle, including Karthik’s appointment as Principal Secretary to the Home, Prohibition, and Excise Department.
- When
- The articles do not specify a date.
- Where
- Tamil Nadu, India.
- Why
- The articles describe the changes as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle but do not give a further reason.
- New Home Department Principal Secretary
- A. Karthik
- Previous post held by Karthik
- Principal Secretary/Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO)
- Karthik’s predecessor
- Dr. K. Manivasan, transferred to Land Administration
- Chief Secretary issuing the order
- M. Sai Kumar
- Finance appointment
- V. Arun Roy becomes Secretary to Government (Expenditure)
- Agriculture appointment
- N. Venkatesh becomes Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government for Agriculture – Farmers' Welfare