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Cabinet Secretaries of India

Cabinet Secretary From To

Shri N.R. Pillai (ICS) 06-02-1950 13-05-1953

Shri Y.N. Sukthankar (ICS) 14-05-1953 31-07-1957

Shri M.K. Vellodi (ICS) 01-08-1957 04-06-1958

Shri Vishnu Sahay (ICS) 01-07-1958 10-11-1960

Shri B.N. Jha (ICS) 10-11-1960 08-03-1961

Shri Vishnu Sahay (ICS) 09-03-1961 15-04-1962

Shri S.S. Khera (ICS) 15-04-1962 18-11-1964

Shri Dharam Vira (ICS) 18-11-1964 27-06-1966

Shri D.S. Joshi (ICS) 27-06-1966 31-12-1968

Shri B. Sivaraman (ICS) 01-01-1969 30-11-1970

Shri T. Swaminathan (ICS) 01-12-1970 02-11-1972

Shri B.D. Pande (ICS) 02-11-1972 31-03-1977

Shri N.K. Mukarji (ICS) 31-03-1977 31-03-1980

Shri S.S. Grewal (IAS/ PB:1949) 02-04-1980 30-04-1981

Shri C.R. Krishnaswamy Rao (IAS/ AP:1949) 30-04-1981 08-02-1985

Shri P.K. Kaul (IAS/ UP:1951) 08-02-1985 22-08-1986

Shri B.G. Deshmukh (IAS/ MH:1951) 23-08-1986 27-03-1989

Shri T.N. Seshan (IAS/ TN:1955) 27-03-1989 23-12-1989

Shri V.C. Pande (IAS/ RJ:1955) 23-12-1989 11-12-1990

Shri Naresh Chandra (IAS/ RJ:1956) 11-12-1990 31-07-1992

Shri S. Rajgopal (IAS/ MH:1957) 01-08-1992 31-07-1993

Shri Zafar Saifullah (IAS/ KA:1958) 31-07-1993 31-07-1994

Shri Surendra Singh (IAS/ UP:1959) 01-08-1994 31-07-1996

Shri T.S.R. Subramanium (IAS/ UP:1961) 01-08-1996 31-03-1998

Shri Prabhat Kumar (IAS/ UP:1963) 01-04-1998 31-10-2000

Shri T.R. Prasad (IAS/ AP:1963) 01-11-2000 31-10-2002

Shri Kamal Pande (IAS/ UK:1965) 01-11-2000 14-06-2004

Shri B.K. Chaturvedi (IAS/ UP:1966) 14-06-2004 13-06-2007

Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar (IAS/ KL:1970) 14-06-2007 13-06-2011

Shri Ajit Kumar Seth (IAS/ UP:1974) 14-06-2011 13 June 2015

P. K. Sinha (IAS/ UP:1977) 13/June /2015 30/ Aug /2019

Rajiv Gauba (IAS/ 1982 Jharkhand) 2019 Aug 30- 2024 Aug 30

TV Somanathan (IAS 1987) 2024 Sep 1-

See also

India and its Polity (administrative structure)

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CABINET SECRETARIAT