The Chief Secretary of Assam is the most senior civil servant in Assam. The secretary acts as the ex-officio Secretary to the Council of Ministers, therefore is also known as Secretary to the Cabinet. The Chief secretary is the Head of the 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 Assam. The Chief Secretary ranks 23rd on the Indian order of precedence.
Dr. Ravi Kota is the incumbent Chief Secretary of Assam from 1 April 2024.
Chief secretaries NameTook officeLeft office1P.C. Lyon16 October 190519092H.Lemesurior191019123W.J. ReidApril 191219144B.C. Allen191519175J.E. Webster191719196A.W. Botham192019257G.E. Soames192619308W.A. Cosgrave193119339J.A. Dawson28 November 19336 September 193610H.G Dennehy7 September 19361 January 194811S.P. Desai1 January 194816 November 195012A.D. Pandit16 November 195016 November 195113S.L. Mehta16 November 195119 May 195214S.K. Dutta19 May 195220 April 196115A.N.M. Saleh26 November 195513 August 195616A.N. Kidwai20 April 19619 December 196817N.K. Rustomji10 December 196828 August 197118Dharmananda Das29 August 197130 June 197519K.G.R. Iyer9 July 197510 July 197520B.K. Bhuyan10 July 19753 May 197621Rana K.D.N. Singh3 May 19768 July 197722S.M.L. Bhatnagar8 July 197718 November 197823R.S. Paramasivan18 November 19781 May 198024B.S. Sarao14 November 19796 January 198025Ramesh Chandra1 May 19801 December 198326P.H. Trivedi9 August 198229 November 198227A.K. Palit1 December 19831 July 198528P.P. Trivedi1 July 198523 January 198629J.C. Nampui15 February 19861 November 198630A.K. Saikia1 November 1986, 1 December 19861 December 1986, 1 July 198831S.D. Phene1 July 198817 March 198932A.P. Sarwan17 March 198928 February 199033H.N. Das28 February 199028 February 199534A. Bhattacharjya1 March 199511 March 199635T.K. Kamilla12 May 199619 August 199736V.S. Jafa20 August 199722 March 199837P.K. Bora23 March 199831 July 200238P.K. Datta1 August 200231 July 200339J.P. Rajkhowa1 August 200331 October 200440S. Kabilan1 November 200422 December 200641P.C. Sarma22 December 200631 March 201042N.K. Das31 March 201030 July 201343P.P. Varma30 June 201330 September 201344Jitesh Khosla30 September 201331 May 201545Vinod Kr. Pipersenia31 May 201528 February 201846Tshering Y. Das1 March 201831 August 201847Alok Kumar1 September 201831 December 201948Kumar Sanjay Krishna1 January 202031 October 202049Jishnu Barua31 October 202031 August 202250Paban Kumar Borthakur1 September 202231 March 202451Dr. Ravi Kota1 April 2024Incumbent
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