Port Blair, April 19:  Former Director, Additional Commissioner, Transport, Shri Basu Kumar will now be acting as the Advisor to the Tribal Organisations based in Central Nicobars. Shri Basu Kumar has joined as the Advisor w.e.f. 1st of April 2015. The Organisations to benefit include Tribal Development Cooperative Society Ltd., Nicobar Indigenous Peoples Organisation, Nicobar Youth Association, Nicobar Chamber of Commerce & Industry among others.

During his career of about 40 years in the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Shri Basu Kumar has held various important positions including the post of Secretary, Port Blair Municipal Council, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Director, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Addl. Secy. Revenue, Disaster Management and Relief & Rehabilitation. 

Meanwhile, the Tribal Council of Nancowrie has hailed the decision of Shri Basu Kumar and hoped that his joining as the Advisor will go a long way in upliftment of the tribal community in the Central Nicobars.