NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer J S Mathur will take over as Additional Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Mathur comes in place of Rajiv Takru, who was transferred in August to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor.

The appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Mathur belongs to the 1982 IAS batch from the Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He has also served in the Law and Justice Ministry and as Chief Election Officer in Bhopal.