List of chief secretaries of Uttarakhand

Chief Secretary of Government of Uttarakhand

Incumbent
Radha Raturi

since 1 February 2024

Abbreviation| CS
Reports to| Governor and Chief Minister
Appointer| Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Inaugural holder| Ajay Vikram Singh
(2000–2001)
Formation| 9 November 2000
(24 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

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No.  | Name  | Tenure  | Chief Minister

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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
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
N. D. Tiwari
3  | Raghunandan Singh Tolia | 1 September 2003  | 30 September 2005  | 2 years, 29 days
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
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 | 300 days

## See also

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* Governor of Uttarakhand
* Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
* Cabinet of Uttarakhand
* List of Uttarakhand ministries
* List of agencies of the government of Uttarakhand
* List of departments of the government of Uttarakhand
* Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
* List of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court
* Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
* Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
* Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
* Provincial Civil Service (Uttarakhand)

## References

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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

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