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Chief Secretary of Assam of Government of Assam
Incumbent
Dr. Ravi Kota
since 1 April 2024
StyleThe Honourable
Reports toGovernor and Chief minister
AppointerChief Minister of Assam
Inaugural holderP.C. Lyon
Formation16 October 1905
(119 years ago) (1905-10-16)

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

No. Name Took office Left office
1 P.C. Lyon 16 October 1905 1909
2 H.Lemesurior 1910 1912
3 W.J. Reid April 1912 1914
4 B.C. Allen 1915 1917
5 J.E. Webster 1917 1919
6 A.W. Botham 1920 1925
7 G.E. Soames 1926 1930
8 W.A. Cosgrave 1931 1933
9 J.A. Dawson 28 November 1933 6 September 1936
10 H.G Dennehy 7 September 1936 1 January 1948
11 S.P. Desai 1 January 1948 16 November 1950
12 A.D. Pandit 16 November 1950 16 November 1951
13 S.L. Mehta 16 November 1951 19 May 1952
14 S.K. Dutta 19 May 1952 20 April 1961
15 A.N.M. Saleh 26 November 1955 13 August 1956
16 A.N. Kidwai 20 April 1961 9 December 1968
17 N.K. Rustomji 10 December 1968 28 August 1971
18 Dharmananda Das 29 August 1971 30 June 1975
19 K.G.R. Iyer 9 July 1975 10 July 1975
20 B.K. Bhuyan 10 July 1975 3 May 1976
21 Rana K.D.N. Singh 3 May 1976 8 July 1977
22 S.M.L. Bhatnagar 8 July 1977 18 November 1978
23 R.S. Paramasivan 18 November 1978 1 May 1980
24 B.S. Sarao 14 November 1979 6 January 1980
25 Ramesh Chandra 1 May 1980 1 December 1983
26 P.H. Trivedi 9 August 1982 29 November 1982
27 A.K. Palit 1 December 1983 1 July 1985
28 P.P. Trivedi 1 July 1985 23 January 1986
29 J.C. Nampui 15 February 1986 1 November 1986
30 A.K. Saikia 1 November 1986, 1 December 1986 1 December 1986, 1 July 1988
31 S.D. Phene 1 July 1988 17 March 1989
32 A.P. Sarwan 17 March 1989 28 February 1990
33 H.N. Das 28 February 1990 28 February 1995
34 A. Bhattacharjya 1 March 1995 11 March 1996
35 T.K. Kamilla 12 May 1996 19 August 1997
36 V.S. Jafa 20 August 1997 22 March 1998
37 P.K. Bora 23 March 1998 31 July 2002
38 P.K. Datta 1 August 2002 31 July 2003
39 J.P. Rajkhowa 1 August 2003 31 October 2004
40 S. Kabilan 1 November 2004 22 December 2006
41 P.C. Sarma 22 December 2006 31 March 2010
42 N.K. Das 31 March 2010 30 July 2013
43 P.P. Varma 30 June 2013 30 September 2013
44 Jitesh Khosla 30 September 2013 31 May 2015
45 Vinod Kr. Pipersenia 31 May 2015 28 February 2018
46 Tshering Y. Das 1 March 2018 31 August 2018
47 Alok Kumar 1 September 2018 31 December 2019
48 Kumar Sanjay Krishna 1 January 2020 31 October 2020
49 Jishnu Barua 31 October 2020 31 August 2022
50 Paban Kumar Borthakur 1 September 2022 31 March 2024
51 Dr. Ravi Kota 1 April 2024 Incumbent

References

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