After serving as Divisional Commissioner for four and half years, Anoop, a senior IAS officer of 1990-batch has been shifted as Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries (ADF).
Anoop who has served in Vidarbha for past many years is known for his passion for agriculture and allied subjects and has headed 16 important committees and played an important role in preparing road map to address agrarian crisis, revive traditional water tanks, rationalize electricity tariff, resolve the long pending zudpi jungle issue and streamline many archaic procedures of Revenue Department. Anoop will succeed Kiran Kurundkar after his retirement. He is also heading the Vidarbha Department Board and has played an instrumental role in evolving norms to distribute more funds for backward regions.