Shimla, Mar 29 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena has been given a six-month extension, sources said on Saturday.

Saxena, who was due to retire on March 31, himself broke the news at his farewell dinner organised by the Himachal IAS Officers Association on Friday night, they said.

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Saxena, a 1990-batch officer, took over as the chief secretary of the state on December 31, 2022. He hails from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

He held multiple senior and important assignments at the Centre, in state governments and and multilateral institutions.

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Saxena holds a bachelor's degree in Law from Delhi University and master's degree in Law from London School of Economics. He has travelled across 75 countries.

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