Gandaki, May 31: Dr Krishna Chandra Devkota has been appointed the vice-chairperson of the Gandaki Province Policy and Planning Commission.    

Gandaki province chief minister Surendra Raj Pandey appointed Devkota, a resident of Palungtar municipality-3, Gorkha, to the post on Thursday.

    
Earlier too, he was appointed the vice-chair of the commission.    

Devkota who did his PhD in Geology from Kyungpook National University of South Korea, is associated to the ‘Global Institute for inter-disciplinary Studies (GIIS)’.  

  
Chief Minister Pandey had administered oath of office and secrecy to Dr Devkota on Thursday itself. (RSS)