Rajiv Gauba

Rajiv Gauba
Gauba in December 2016
32nd Cabinet Secretary of India
In office
30 August 2019 – 30 August 2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Sinha
Succeeded byT. V. Somanathan
Home Secretary of India
In office
31 August 2017 – 22 August 2019[1]
MinisterRajnath Singh
Preceded byRajiv Mehrishi
Succeeded byAjay Kumar Bhalla
Urban Development
In office
31 January 2016 – 22 June 2017
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterVenkaiah Naidu
Succeeded byDurga Shanker Mishra
Chief Secretary of Jharkhand
In office
27 January 2015 – 30 January 2016
Appointed byChief Minister of Jharkhand
Chief MinisterRaghubar Das
Preceded bySajjal Chakraborty
Succeeded byRaj Bala Verma
Personal details
Born
Rajiv Gauba

(1959-08-15) 15 August 1959 (age 64)
Punjab, India
NationalityIndia
SpouseDr. Pammi Gauba Academician
Alma materPatna University
OccupationIAS officer
ProfessionCivil servant

Rajiv Gauba (born 15 August 1959; IAST: Rājīva Gaubā) is a retired Indian civil servant who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India from 30 August 2019 till 30 August 2024.[2] His tenure as Cabinet Secretary of India is the longest in history. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the 1982 batch of Jharkhand (earlier Bihar) cadre.[3][4][5] Prior to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, he was Home Secretary of India. His tenure as the Cabinet Secretary of India has been extended 4 times by 1 year durations by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) which is chaired by the Prime Minister of India

  1. ^ @PIBHomeAffairs (22 August 2019). "Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla I.A.S. (AM:1984) taking charge as Union Home Secretary, from Shri Rajiv Gauba I.A.S. (JH:1982)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "TV Somanathan to replace Rajiv Gauba as cabinet secretary". The Times of India. 11 August 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Shri Rajiv Gauba Takes Over as the New Cabinet Secretary". 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Rajiv Gauba Appointed New Cabinet Secretary of India". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "ACC appointments". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 21 August 2019.

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