Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh IAS has been appointed as the Principal Secretary of Kerala Tourism, Government of Kerala.
Mr. Singh is a 1989 Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service Officer and prior to this, he was working as the Additional Secretary under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. He had also worked as the Chief Vigilance Officer of Food Corporation of India in the same Ministry and asJoint Secretary-level official in various ministries such as the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Information & Broadcasting since 2012 and returned to parent cadre after completing the tenure recently.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, a native of Bihar, had earlier served as the District Collector of Malappuram, Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Joint Commissioner of Revenue Department, Special officer of NORKA ,
Secretary – Ports and Local Self Government Departments in Kerala and as the Additional Director (General) of Kerala Tourism department.