Chief Secretary of Assam of Government of Assam | |
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Incumbent Dr. Ravi Kota since 1 April 2024 | |
Style | The Honourable |
Reports to | Governor and Chief minister |
Appointer | Chief Minister of Assam |
Inaugural holder | P.C. Lyon |
Formation | 16 October 1905 |
The Chief Secretary of Assam is the most senior civil servant in Assam. The secretary acts as the ex-officio Secretary to the Council of Ministers, therefore is also known as Secretary to the Cabinet. The Chief secretary is the Head of the Cabinet Secretariat Department. The functions include providing secretarial assistance to the cabinet, ensuring the implementation of decisions, acting as the policy coordination centre, serving as a data bank of information, organizing conferences. The Chief Secretary is an officer of Indian Administrative Service and is a member of the executive branch of the Government of Assam. The Chief Secretary ranks 23rd on the Indian order of precedence. [1]
Dr. Ravi Kota is the incumbent Chief Secretary of Assam from 1 April 2024. [2] [3]
No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
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1 | P.C. Lyon | 16 October 1905 | 1909 |
2 | H.Lemesurior | 1910 | 1912 |
3 | W.J. Reid | April 1912 | 1914 |
4 | B.C. Allen | 1915 | 1917 |
5 | J.E. Webster | 1917 | 1919 |
6 | A.W. Botham | 1920 | 1925 |
7 | G.E. Soames | 1926 | 1930 |
8 | W.A. Cosgrave | 1931 | 1933 |
9 | J.A. Dawson | 28 November 1933 | 6 September 1936 |
10 | H.G Dennehy | 7 September 1936 | 1 January 1948 |
11 | S.P. Desai | 1 January 1948 | 16 November 1950 |
12 | A.D. Pandit | 16 November 1950 | 16 November 1951 |
13 | S.L. Mehta | 16 November 1951 | 19 May 1952 |
14 | S.K. Dutta | 19 May 1952 | 20 April 1961 |
15 | A.N.M. Saleh | 26 November 1955 | 13 August 1956 |
16 | A.N. Kidwai | 20 April 1961 | 9 December 1968 |
17 | N.K. Rustomji | 10 December 1968 | 28 August 1971 |
18 | Dharmananda Das | 29 August 1971 | 30 June 1975 |
19 | K.G.R. Iyer | 9 July 1975 | 10 July 1975 |
20 | B.K. Bhuyan | 10 July 1975 | 3 May 1976 |
21 | Rana K.D.N. Singh | 3 May 1976 | 8 July 1977 |
22 | S.M.L. Bhatnagar | 8 July 1977 | 18 November 1978 |
23 | R.S. Paramasivan | 18 November 1978 | 1 May 1980 |
24 | B.S. Sarao | 14 November 1979 | 6 January 1980 |
25 | Ramesh Chandra | 1 May 1980 | 1 December 1983 |
26 | P.H. Trivedi | 9 August 1982 | 29 November 1982 |
27 | A.K. Palit | 1 December 1983 | 1 July 1985 |
28 | P.P. Trivedi | 1 July 1985 | 23 January 1986 |
29 | J.C. Nampui | 15 February 1986 | 1 November 1986 |
30 | A.K. Saikia | 1 November 1986, 1 December 1986 | 1 December 1986, 1 July 1988 |
31 | S.D. Phene | 1 July 1988 | 17 March 1989 |
32 | A.P. Sarwan | 17 March 1989 | 28 February 1990 |
33 | H.N. Das | 28 February 1990 | 28 February 1995 |
34 | A. Bhattacharjya | 1 March 1995 | 11 March 1996 |
35 | T.K. Kamilla | 12 May 1996 | 19 August 1997 |
36 | V.S. Jafa | 20 August 1997 | 22 March 1998 |
37 | P.K. Bora | 23 March 1998 | 31 July 2002 |
38 | P.K. Datta | 1 August 2002 | 31 July 2003 |
39 | J.P. Rajkhowa | 1 August 2003 | 31 October 2004 |
40 | S. Kabilan | 1 November 2004 | 22 December 2006 |
41 | P.C. Sarma | 22 December 2006 | 31 March 2010 |
42 | N.K. Das | 31 March 2010 | 30 July 2013 |
43 | P.P. Varma | 30 June 2013 | 30 September 2013 |
44 | Jitesh Khosla | 30 September 2013 | 31 May 2015 |
45 | Vinod Kr. Pipersenia | 31 May 2015 | 28 February 2018 |
46 | Tshering Y. Das | 1 March 2018 | 31 August 2018 |
47 | Alok Kumar | 1 September 2018 | 31 December 2019 |
48 | Kumar Sanjay Krishna | 1 January 2020 | 31 October 2020 |
49 | Jishnu Barua | 31 October 2020 | 31 August 2022 |
50 | Paban Kumar Borthakur [4] | 1 September 2022 | 31 March 2024 |
51 | Dr. Ravi Kota [5] [6] | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent |
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