Deepak Jacob is the new MD/CEO of Guidance Tamil Nadu

Deepak Jacob, Director, Survey and Settlement

In another rejig in the Tamil Nadu bureaucracy, Deepak Jacob, Director, Survey and Settlement, is the new Managing Director/CEO of Guidance. He will replace Darez Ahamed, who has been transferred as Health Secretary. Guidance Tamil Nadu is the Tamil Nadu government’s nodal agency for investment promotion and business facilitation,

Pradeep Yadav, Secretary to former Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, is posted as Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Information Technology and Digital Services Department in place of Brajendra Navnit, who has been deputed to the Government of India, says a government order.

TN Venkatesh, Vice Chairman and CEO, Tamil Nadu Maritime Board, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to Government, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi Department, replacing V. Amuthavalli, IAS

P Shankar, formerly Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, is posted as Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Agriculture - Farmers Welfare Department, replacing V.Dakshinamoorthy, says the order.

Published on May 15, 2026