Dehradun, May 2 -- Dr Dhananjay Mohan takes charge as new Head of Forest Dept (HoFF)

Dehradun, 1 May: Seniormost IFS officer Dr Dhananjay Mohan has taken charge as the Head of the Forest Department (HoFF) and as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) of Uttarakhand, here, today. He has assumed charge as the Head of the Forest Force (HoFF) on an interim basis as of now, although he has been cleared by the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) held yesterday as the new PCCF and HoFF. He has succeeded Anup Malik who retired yesterday.

It may be recalled that, despite his selection as the new HoFF by the DPC, which also considered the names of senior IFS officers Vijay Kumar and Sameer Sinha, Dr Mohan has assumed charge on interim b...