Vivek Joshi | |
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Chief Secretary,Haryana | |
Assumed office 1 November 2024 | |
Governor | Bandaru Dattatreya |
Chief Minister | Nayab Singh Saini |
Preceded by | T. V. S. N. Prasad |
Personnel Secretary of India | |
In office 19 August 2024 –31 October 2024 | |
Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Preceded by | S. Radha Chauhan |
Succeeded by | Rachna Shah [1] |
Financial Services Secretary of India | |
In office 1 December 2022 –18 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sanjay Malhotra |
Succeeded by | Nagaraju Maddirala |
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India | |
In office 20 January 2019 –31 October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Sailesh |
Succeeded by | Mritunjay Kumar Naraya |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Uttar Pradesh,India | 21 May 1966
Alma mater | IIT Roorkee IIFT Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Vivek Joshi (born 21 May 1966 [2] ) is a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Haryana who has been serving as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Haryana since 1 November 2024 onwards. Previously,he served as Personnel Secretary of India from 19 August 2024 till 31 October 2024. Prior to that,he served as Secretary,Department of Financial Services. [3] [4]
Joshi was born on 21 May 1966 in Uttar Pradesh,India. [2]
Joshi received Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and He then earned a postgraduate diploma in International Business from the IIFT,New Delhi. afterwards He earned Degree of M.A and Ph.D both in Internal Economics from Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. [5]
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