Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Ajay Kumar Bhalla
IAS
Former Home Secretary of India
In office
22 August 2019 – 22 August 2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byRajiv Gauba
Succeeded byGovind Mohan
Secretary, Ministry of Power
In office
July 2017 – July 2019
Preceded byP.K.Pujari
Succeeded bySanjiv N. Sahai
Personal details
Born (1960-11-26) 26 November 1960 (age 63)[1]
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi, University of Queensland
OccupationCivil servant

Ajay Kumar Bhalla (born 26 November 1960) is former Home Secretary of India. He assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. He is a retired IAS officer of 1984 batch,[2][3] from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He served as Home Secretary of India for around five years there till 22 August 2024.[4] He hails from Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

  1. ^ "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  2. ^ "Ajay Kumar Bhalla is new home secretary". India Today. IANS. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "IAS Officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla Appointed Next Union Home Secretary". News18. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ PTI (2023-08-04). "Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla gets fourth extension, to remain in service till Aug. 22 next year". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-20.

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