Senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rajiv Bhartari has been appointed as the new Uttarakhand head of forest force (HoFF) on Thursday, as per an official statement.

Bhartari, a 1986 batch IFS officer, was designated to the top post in the forest department after the consent of governor Baby Rani Maurya, according to the order issued by the government.

He will take over from Ranjan Kala, a 1985 batch IFS officer who took charge in October this year.

Before being appointed as the new HoFF, Bhartari was serving as the principal chief conservator of forests wildlife and chief wildlife warden of the forest department.

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