The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. The IAS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service. Members of these three services serve the Government of India as well as the individual states. IAS officers are also deployed to various government establishments such as constitutional bodies,staff and line agencies,auxiliary bodies,public sector undertakings,regulatory bodies,statutory bodies and autonomous bodies.
The All India Services (AIS) comprises three Civil Services of India common to the centre and state governments,which includes the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),the Indian Police Service (IPS),and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). Civil servants recruited through All India Services by the central government are assigned to different state government cadres. Some civil servants may,later in their career,also serve the centre on deputation. Officers of these three services comply to the All India Services Rules relating to pay,conduct,leave,various allowances etc.
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a standardized test in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to higher civil services in the Government of India,such as the All India Services and Central Civil Services.
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji was an Indian administrator and the last member of the Indian Civil Service to serve. In the course of a long career he was Home Secretary,Cabinet Secretary,and eventually Governor of Punjab.
Tejendra Khanna is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice,from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University,Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology,Delhi,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Ambedkar University.
Balmiki Prasad Singh was the 14th Governor of Sikkim,India. He is a retired IAS officer and has written books and articles relating to Indian culture,in particular the culture of North-East India. Among his prominent books are Bahudha and the post 9/11 World and The problem of change:a study of North East India.
In India,the Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country. This includes servants in the All India Services,the Central Civil Services,and various State Civil Services.
The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian Ordnance Factories,which provide the indigenous defence production capabilities of India.
Vijay Singh is a former officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),1970 batch,Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He was appointed Defence Secretary,in the Ministry of Defence,in August 2007. He succeeded Shekhar Dutt,IAS,of 1969 batch,who,on superannuation,was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic and Defence related subjects in the National Security Council Secretariat,with rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India,for a term of 2 years. In 2018,he was made chairman of Tata Advanced Systems and vice-chairman Tata Trusts.
Joint Secretary to the Government of India is a post under the Central Staffing Scheme and the third highest non-political executive rank in the Government of India. The authority for creation of this post solely rests with the Cabinet of India.
Nripendra Misra is an Indian bureaucrat and civil servant. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1967 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre,he served as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019. He earlier served as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,as the Telecom Secretary of India and the Fertilizers Secretary of India. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021. His son Saket Misra is a nominated Member of Legislative Council in Government of Uttar Pradesh since April 2023.
Anna Rajam Malhotra was an Indian Administrative Service officer. She was the first woman in India to hold this position. Anna Rajam belonged to the 1951 batch of the IAS and married R. N. Malhotra,her batchmate.
The Indian Information Service (IIS) is the central civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India.
Secretary to the Government of India,often abbreviated as Secretary,GoI,or simply as Secretary,is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India. The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Union Council of Ministers.
Sunil Arora was the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is also the chairman for Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries.
Provincial Civil Service / Provincial Civil Service,often abbreviated to as PCS,is the administrative civil service of the Government of Uttar Pradesh comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.
Dr. C. V. S. K. Sarma is an economist and a retired IAS officer with exceptional public service record. He served as an IAS officer from 1980 to 2013,and retired as the Agriculture Production Commissioner &Spl. Chief Secretary to Government,Agriculture &Coop. Department,Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was also the Vice Chancellor,A.P. Horticulture University before he retired.
Valluri Kameswara Rao was an Indian Civil Service officer and Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh,and the oldest living officer of the Indian Civil Service at the time of his death. He served in the civil service of the British Raj as a collector and magistrate. After Independence Rao joined the Indian government's finance department and transferred into the newly founded Indian Administrative Service. He transferred to Andhra State after it was founded in 1953. After the founding of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 Rao became that state's first secretary of public works. He later served the central government on the Planning Commission before returning to Andhra Pradesh as its chief secretary. Rao was principal secretary to the President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy from 1981 to 1982.
Ajay Kumar Bhalla 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,from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He served as Home Secretary of India for around five years there till 22 August 2024. He hails from Jalandhar,Punjab,India.
Guruprasad Mohapatra was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) who had held several important positions in the Gujarat State Govt and also in the Central Govt of India. At the time of his demise in June 2021 due to COVID-19 he was holding the position of the Secretary of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in Govt of India.
