The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of T.V. Somanathan as Cabinet Secretary on Saturday. Mr. Somanathan has been appointed for a tenure of two years, starting from the 30th of August. He is an officer from the 1987 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Tamil Nadu cadre. The Committee has also approved Mr. Somanathan’s appointment as Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat. This appointment will commence from the date he joins the assignment and continue until he takes over as Cabinet Secretary.