<span style="color: #222222;">Former IAS officer Kapil Dev Tripathi has been appointed as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the  appointed of Mr Tripathi as Secretary to the President on contract basis, for a term co-terminus with the tenure of the President. Mr  Tripathi, a 1980 batch IAS officer ( Retired)  of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is at present the Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).</span><br />