New Delhi, Jan 12 (KNN) MSME Secretary Arvind Kumar Sharma has taken voluntary retirement from service ahead of his scheduled superannuation in July 2022.

Sharma had earlier worked as Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

Reportedly, an order issued by the MSME Ministry on Monday said the 1988 batch IAS officer request for VRS has been accepted.

Sharma is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and was posted as Secretary in the MSME in last April. Sharma worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi as well as in Gujarat in Modi’s CMO.