B. Ashok, chairman and managing director, Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), has been transferred as Secretary, Agriculture Department. Rajan N. Khobragade, who was recently appointed Principal Secretary (Water Resources), is the new CMD, KSEB, a government order issued on Thursday said.
Mr. Ashok, a 1998 batch IAS officer, had taken over as CMD of the State power utility in July 2021. He would have completed one year as CMD in a few days time.
Mr. Ashok's tenure was marked by bitter stand-offs with the Left-backed employees' unions. His decision to entrust the security of the KSEB headquarters to the State Industrial Security Force (SISF) had angered the unions, which launched an indefinite strike accusing the KSEB management of trying to curtail their organisational freedom.
