Rajiv Gauba | |
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Home Secretary of India | |
Assumed office 31 August 2017 |
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Preceded by | Rajiv Mehrishi |
Urban Development Secretary of India | |
In office 31 January 2016 – 22 June 2017 |
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Preceded by | Madhusan Prasad |
Succeeded by | Durga Shanker Mishra |
Chief Secretary of Jharkhand | |
In office 27 January 2015 – 30 January 2016 |
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Preceded by | Sajjal Chakraborty |
Succeeded by | Raj Bala Verma |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rajiv Gauba 15 August 1958 Bihar |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Patna University |
Occupation | IAS Officer |
Rajiv Gauba is a 1982 batch IAS officer belonging to Jharkhand cadre. He currently is the Home Secretary of India.
Rajiv Gauba has a graduate degree and is a Gold Medallist in Physics (BSc) from Patna University.
Rajiv Gauba has served in key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Jharkhand, including as the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand, and as the District Magistrate and Collector of Gaya, Nalanda and Muzzaffarpur districts, before the bifurcation of Bihar, in the Jharkhand Government, and as the Union Home Secretary, Union Urban Development Secretary, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Communications, Joint Secretary in Ministry of Enviornment, Forest and Climate Change, and as the Private Secretary to the Minister of Defence in the Union Government. He has also served as the Advisor to Executive Director in the International Monetary Fund.