Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba today Thursday August 31,2017 took charge as the Union Home Secretary after incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi retired from service. He will have a fixed two-year tenure.
A 1982 batch officer of Jharkhand cadre, 59-year-old Mr Gauba was appointed as the home secretary about two months ago and since then he has been serving in the home ministry as Officer on Special Duty (OSD).
Earlier, he had worked in the home ministry as additional secretary, looking after crucial left wing extremism division, among many other responsibilities.
He had served in Jharkhand as the chief secretary for 15 months before joining the central government last year. Mr Gauba has also served in the central government's ministries of home, defence, finance and environment and forests in different positions.
He represented India on the board of International Monetary Fund for four years.
As the Union home secretary, he will be handling issues like internal security, terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, Maoist problems in the central and east India besides other issues.
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