List of chief secretaries of Uttarakhand

Chief Secretary of Government of Uttarakhand
Incumbent
Radha Raturi
since 1 February 2024
AbbreviationCS
Reports toGovernor and Chief Minister
AppointerChief Minister of Uttarakhand
Inaugural holderAjay Vikram Singh
(2000–2001)
Formation9 November 2000
(23 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]

Radha Raturi[2][3] is the incumbent and first women Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand since 1 February 2024.

List of chief secretaries of Uttarakhand

No. Name Tenure Chief Minister
1 Ajay Vikram Singh 9 November 2000 31 August 2001 295 days Nityanand Swami
2 Madhukar Gupta 1 September 2001 31 August 2003 1 year, 364 days Nityanand Swami
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
N. D. Tiwari
3 Raghunandan Singh Tolia 1 September 2003 30 September 2005 2 years, 29 days N. D. Tiwari
4 M. Ramachandran 1 October 2005 31 October 2006 1 year, 30 days
5 Surjit Kishor Das 1 November 2006 31 August 2008 1 year, 304 days N. D. Tiwari
B. C. Khanduri
6 Indu Kumar Pandey 1 September 2008 30 November 2009 1 year, 90 days B. C. Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal
7 Nrip Singh Napalchyal 1 December 2009 31 August 2010 273 days
8 Subhash Kumar 1 September 2010 31 May 2012 1 year, 273 days Ramesh Pokhriyal
B. C. Khanduri
Vijay Bahuguna
9 Alok Kumar Jain 1 June 2012 30 April 2013 333 days
(8) Subhash Kumar 1 May 2013 30 September 2014 1 year, 152 days Vijay Bahuguna
Harish Rawat
10 N. Ravishankar 1 October 2014 31 July 2015 303 days
11 Rakesh Sharma 1 August 2015 31 October 2015 91 days
12 Shatrughna Singh 1 November 2015 30 November 2016 1 year, 29 days
13 S. Ramaswamy 1 December 2016 24 October 2017 327 days Harish Rawat
Trivendra Singh Rawat
14 Utpal Kumar Singh 25 October 2017 31 July 2020 2 years, 280 days
15 Om Prakash Singh 1 August 2020 6 July 2021 339 days Trivendra Singh Rawat
Tirath Singh Rawat
16 Sukhbir Singh Sandhu 7 July 2021 31 January 2024 2 years, 208 days Pushkar Singh Dhami
17 Radha Raturi(First women Chief Secretary) 1 February 2024 Incumbent 274 days

See also

References

  1. ^ Kumar, Dnyanesh (October 5, 2011). "What are the Roles and Functions of Chief Secretary of a State?".
  2. ^ https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/uttarakhand-radha-raturi-became-the-first-woman-chief-secretary-2598839
  3. ^ https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-radha-raturi-to-be-first-woman-chief-secretary-of-uttarakhand-know-about-female-ias-officer-23642036.html