Wed, Apr 09, 2025
The Union Government on Friday appointed senior bureaucrat Vandita Kaul as the new Secretary, Department of Posts.
A 1989 batch Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer, she is currently serving as Member (Banking & Direct Benefit Transfer), Postal Services Board, in the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved her appointment as Secretary, Department of Posts and she will succeed Vineet Pandey upon his superannuation.
Kaul is regarded as a veteran of financial services and banking, and was Additional Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
She was also appointed government nominee on the board of public sector banks likes Bank of India (BoI) and also financial services institutions like the New India Assurance and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).