Thiruvananthapuram:
K Manoj Kumar, Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations Department, hasbeen appointed new secretary of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, according to official sources.
He replaces B Ashok, who was removed from the posts of Academy secretary and managing director of Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC).
Manoj Kumar was in charge of the IT@ school programme.
Deepa D Nair, an IFS official currently with the Forests department would be the new KSFDC Managing director, the sources said.