In a major development, an order issued by the Gujarat Ministerial Presonal Staff Rules 1991 named ex IAS officer K Kailashnathan as the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel with immediate effect.
A 1979 batch veteran IAS cadre officer, Kailashnathan, also served as Chief Principal Secretary to the then CM Gujarat, Narendra Modi during 2013-14.