List of chief secretaries of Uttarakhand

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Chief Secretary of Government of Uttarakhand
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Incumbent
Anand Bardhan
since 1 April 2025
AbbreviationCS
Reports to Governor and Chief Minister
Appointer Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Inaugural holder Ajay Vikram Singh
(2000–2001)
Formation9 November 2000
(24 years ago) (2000-11-09)

The Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand is the senior-most civil servant in Uttarakhand. The secretary acts as the ex-officio Secretary to the Uttarakhand Council of Ministers, therefore is also known as Secretary to the Cabinet. The Chief secretary is the Head of the Uttarakhand 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 Uttarakhand. The Chief Secretary ranks 23rd on the Indian order of precedence. [1]

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Anand Bardhan is the incumbent Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand since 1 April 2025. [2]

List of chief secretaries of Uttarakhand

No.NameTenureChief Minister
1 Ajay Vikram Singh 9 November 200031 August 2001295 days Nityanand Swami
2 Madhukar Gupta 1 September 200131 August 20031 year, 364 days
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
N. D. Tiwari
3 Raghunandan Singh Tolia 1 September 200330 September 20052 years, 29 days
4 M. Ramachandran 1 October 200531 October 20061 year, 30 days
5 Surjit Kishor Das 1 November 200631 August 20081 year, 304 days
B. C. Khanduri
6 Indu Kumar Pandey 1 September 200830 November 20091 year, 90 days B. C. Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal
7 Nrip Singh Napalchyal 1 December 200931 August 2010273 days
8 Subhash Kumar 1 September 201031 May 20121 year, 273 days Ramesh Pokhriyal
B. C. Khanduri
Vijay Bahuguna
9 Alok Kumar Jain 1 June 201230 April 2013333 days
(8) Subhash Kumar 1 May 201330 September 20141 year, 152 days Vijay Bahuguna
Harish Rawat
10 N. Ravishankar 1 October 201431 July 2015303 days
11 Rakesh Sharma 1 August 201531 October 201591 days
12 Shatrughna Singh 1 November 201530 November 20161 year, 29 days
13 S. Ramaswamy 1 December 201624 October 2017327 days Harish Rawat
Trivendra Singh Rawat
14 Utpal Kumar Singh 25 October 201731 July 20202 years, 280 days
15 Om Prakash Singh 1 August 20206 July 2021339 days Trivendra Singh Rawat
Tirath Singh Rawat
16 Sukhbir Singh Sandhu 7 July 202131 January 20242 years, 208 days Pushkar Singh Dhami
17 Radha Raturi 1 February 202431 March 20251 year, 58 days
18 Anand Bardhan 1 April 2025 Incumbent 71 days 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Dnyanesh (October 5, 2011). "What are the Roles and Functions of Chief Secretary of a State?".
  2. ↑ www.ETGovernment.com. "Anand Bardhan takes charge as chief secretary of Uttarakhand - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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