Senior IAS officer K. Jose Cyriac, who is now on central deputation, would be the next Chief Secretary of the state.

He will take over from incumbent K. Jayakumar whose tenure will end later this mon

Minnie Mathew, who was appointed chief secretary on Saturday, is a 1976 batch IAS officer and the second woman, after Sathi Nair, to serve as CS in the state. Ms Nair served as CS for nearly a year an