IAS officer Vinod Zutshi has been appointed as the new Secretary, Tourism, Government of India. He succeeds Lalit Panwar, who retired from the service last month. A Rajasthan cadre 1982 batch officer, Zutshi served as the deputy election commissioner in the Election Commission of India prior to his present posting.

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Also an MBA, Zutshi started his career as an SDO in Rajasthan in 1984. He was later appointed managing director, industries and also served as secretary for education and agriculture among other departments in the home Rajasthan cadre. He was also secretary tourism, Rajasthan, and chairman, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) between 2004 and 2007 in Rajasthan.

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On Central deputation since 2009, Zutshi has been OSD and subsequently Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India.

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