New Delhi (25.01.2023): Raj Kumar (IAS: 1987: GJ), Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary to Government of Gujarat w.e.f. 31.01.2023. Incumbent CS Pankaj Kumar (IAS: 1986: GJ) will be retiring on January 31, 2023 and till then Raj Kumar would officiate as Officer on Special Duty in Chief Secretary’s office. 

Raj Kumar the then Union Secretary, Department of Defence Production, was prematurely repatriated in November 2021 to his parent cadre at the request of the state government. Raj Kumar has a long residual service ending January 2025. 

Kumar was sent on central deputation in April 2015 and worked with the Finance, Labour & Employment and Defence departments before being repatriated to his home cadre. His last posting was as Secretary, Defence Production.