Overview
- The appointment, confirmed Tuesday, followed Monday's vote count that brought the BJP to power.
- Mohan is a 2002-batch IAS officer who served as West Bengal's Transport Secretary for more than three years.
- The role had been vacant since February 2023 after Nandini Chakraborty was removed by then Governor C. V. Ananda Bose.
- Governor R. N. Ravi took office on March 12 and asked for a secretary soon after, but the election notification stalled the decision.
- News outlets describe the move as the first step in a wider reshuffle as the new government fills key administrative posts.