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Ripnar Lyngdoh sworn in as Meghalaya CIC

Shillong, Nov 5 (UNI) Retired IAS officer Ripnar Lyngdoh was sworn in as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Meghalaya on Thursday.
Governor Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar administered the oath of office to Lyngdoh at a brief ceremony at the Lok Bhavan, Shillong.
The ceremony was attended by Chief Secretary Dr P. Shakil P. Ahammed, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department Secretary Isawanda Laloo, and other officials.

Lyngdoh succeeds Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang following her demise in August this year. She is the second woman after Suchiang to head the State CIC, a statutory body and the highest appellate body established under the Right to Information Act.

According to an official notification, Lyngdoh, a retired IAS officer of the 2005 batch from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre and an inductee from the State Civil Service, will hold office for two years from the date of joining or until she attains the age of 65, whichever is earlier.
Lyngdoh is the fifth officer and the second woman to head the State Information Commission.
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