Know Your Babu: 1978 batch IAS and known scrabble player Mohan Verghese Chunkath is Tamil Nadu's new chief secretary

Chunkath's book

Mohan Verghese Chunkath, 58, is taking over as the new chief secretary of Tamil Nadu. A well-known scrabble player who had won many a tournament, Verghese Chunkath will now be judged on his skills of placing the right officer in the right place so as to keep Tamil Nadu’s administration in order. Incumbent chief secretary and 1976 batch IAS Sheela Balakrishnan will continue to serve the state, now as an…