Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Appearance
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS | |
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Home Secretary of India | |
Assumed office 22 August 2019 | |
Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Preceded by | Rajiv Gauba |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 26 November 1960
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Ajay Kumar Bhalla is the current Home Secretary of India. He assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. He is a senior IAS officer of 1984 batch,[2][3] from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He received four one-year extensions in August 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[4] He hails from Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
References[edit]
- ^ "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Ajay Kumar Bhalla is new home secretary". India Today. IANS. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "IAS Officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla Appointed Next Union Home Secretary". News18. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ PTI (2023-08-04). "Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla gets fourth extension, to remain in service till Aug. 22 next year". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-20.