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This is a list of current office holder of various fields in Government of India .
Constitutional Office-Holders [ edit ]
Cabinet Office-Holders [ edit ]
Important office holders [ edit ]
Office
Name
Portrait
Since
National Security Advisor
Ajit Doval , IPS
30 May 2014
Cabinet Secretary
T.V. Somanathan , IAS
30 August 2024[ 6]
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
Pramod Kumar Mishra , IAS
11 September 2019
Home Secretary
Govind Mohan,IAS
22 August 2024[ 7]
Finance Secretary
Ajay Seth, IAS
30 August 2024
Defence Secretary
Rajesh Kumar Singh ,IAS
1 November 2024[ 8]
Foreign Secretary
Vikram Misri ,IFS
15 July 2024[ 9]
Law Secretary
Vacant
Secretary General, Lok Sabha
Utpal Kumar Singh , IAS
30 November 2020
Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
Pramod Chandra Mody , IRS (IT)
12 November 2021[ 10]
Secretary General, Supreme Court of India
Atul M. Kurhekar
3 August 2023
Chairperson, Railway Board
Satish Kumar,IRSME
1 September 2024
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta
10 October 2018
Principal Scientific Adviser
Ajay K. Sood
3 April 2022[ 11]
Chief Economic Adviser
V Anantha Nageswaran
28 January 2022[ 12]
Heads of commissions [ edit ]
Office
Name
Portrait
Since
Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission
Vijaya Bharathi Sayan
2 June 2024[ 13]
Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities
Iqbal Singh Lalpura
9 September 2021[ 14]
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Kishor Makwana
9 March 2024[ 15]
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Antar Singh Arya
9 March 2024[ 16]
Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
5 December 2022 [ 17]
Chairperson, National Commission for Women
Rekha Sharma
7 August 2021[ 18]
Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Priyank Kanungo
Chairperson, Central Administrative Tribunal
Justice Ranjit More
30 July 2022[ 19]
Chairperson, Central Vigilance Commission
Praveen Kumar Srivastava
29 May 2023[ 20]
Chairperson, Central Information Commission
Heeralal Samariya
6 November 2023[ 21]
Chairperson, Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
1 May 2023[ 22]
Secretary, Department of Space
S. Somanath
15 January 2022[ 23]
Chairperson, University Grants Commission
M. Jagadesh Kumar
4 February 2022[ 24]
Chairperson, Competition Commission of India
Ravneet Kaur
23 May 2023[ 25]
Chairperson, Central Water Commission
Khushvinder Vohra
Chairperson, National Forest Commission
B. N. Kirpal
Chairperson, National Council for Transgender Persons
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
27 August 2020[ 26]
Heads of financial bodies [ edit ]
Office
Name
Since
Chairperson, 16th Finance Commission of India
Arvind Panagariya
16 January 2024
Governor , Reserve Bank of India
Shaktikanta Das
12 December 2018[ 27]
Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India
Madhabi Puri Buch
1 March 2022
Chairperson, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Debasish Panda
12 March 2022[ 28]
Chairperson, 7th Pay Commission
Ashok Kumar Mathur
4 February 2014
Chairperson, Small Industries Development Bank
Manoj Mittal
19 April 2024
Chairperson, Company Law Board
Chief Justice (Retd) Ramalingam Sudhakar
Chairperson and managing director, Export-Import Bank
Harsha Bhupendra Bangari
7 September 2021[ 29]
CEO & MD, National Housing Bank
Sanjay Shukla
10 April 2024
Chairperson, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Shaji K V
CEO & MD, Industrial Finance Corporation
Vacant
Chairperson, National Stock Exchange
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
[ 30]
Chairperson, Bombay Stock Exchange
Pramod Agrawal
16 January 2024
Chairperson, State Bank of India
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
28 August 2024
Chairperson, Industrial Development Bank
Rakesh Sharma
[ 31]
Chairperson, Life Insurance Corporation
Siddharth Mohanty
Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes
Ravi Agarwal (IRS-IT)
1 July 2024
Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (IRS -Customs & Central Excise)
5 August 2023
President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Anish Shah
10 December 2023
Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
Deepak Mohanty
20 March 2023[ 32]
President, Confederation of Indian Industry
R Dinesh
25 May 2023[ 33]
President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Sanjay Nayar
Chairperson, National Statistical Commission
Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar
1 December 2022[ 34]
Director General, Archaeological Survey of India
Yadubir Singh Rawat
8 December 2023[ 35]
Director General,Geological Survey of India
Asit Saha
1 August 2024[ 36]
Chairperson, Telecom Regulatory Authority
Anil Kumar Lahoti
1 February 2024
Director, Enforcement Directorate
Rahul Navin
16 September 2023[ 37]
Chief Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Arun Kumar Singh
7 December 2022
Chairperson and managing director, Gas Authority of India Limited
Sandeep Kumar Gupta
1 September 2022
Chairperson, Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
1 July 2020
Chairperson and managing director, Oil India Limited
Ranjit Rath
1 July 2022[ 38]
Defence and Security [ edit ]
Occupation
Name
From year
Chief of Defence Staff
General Anil Chauhan
30 September 2022
Chief, Air Staff
Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
30 September 2021[ 39]
Chief, Army Staff
General Upendra Dwivedi
30 June 2024
Chief, Naval Staff
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
1 May 2024
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Vice Chief of Defence Staff)
Lieutenant general Johnson P Mathew
1 May 2023
Director General, Defence Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana
1 April 2023[ 40]
Director , Intelligence Bureau
Tapan Deka , IPS
1 July 2022[ 41]
Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing
Ravi Sinha , IPS
30 June 2023
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
Praveen Sood , IPS
25 May 2023[ 42]
Director General , Border Security Force
Daljit Singh Chaudhary , IPS
28 August 2024
Director General , Central Reserve Police Force
Anish Dayal Singh , IPS
1 January 2024
Director General , Central Industrial Security Force
Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, IPS
28 August 2024
Director General , Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Rahul Rasgotra , IPS
1 January 2024[ 43]
Director General , Sashastra Seema Bal
Daljit Singh Chaudhary , IPS
1 February 2024[ 44]
Director General , National Security Guard
B.Srinivasan,IPS
28 August 2024
Director General , National Investigation Agency
Sadanand Date , IPS
1 April 2024
Director General , National Disaster Response Force
Piyush Anand , IPS
1 April 2024
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