Rajiv Gauba

Rajiv Gauba IAS
Gauba in December 2016
32nd Cabinet Secretary of India
In office 30 August 2019 – 30 August 2024
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Succeeded by	T. V. Somanathan
Home Secretary of India
In office 31 August 2017 – 22 August 2019[1]
Minister	Rajnath Singh
Preceded by	Rajiv Mehrishi
Succeeded by	Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Urban Development
In office 31 January 2016 – 22 June 2017
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Minister	Venkaiah Naidu
Preceded by	Madhusudan Prasad
Succeeded by	Durga Shanker Mishra
Chief Secretary of Jharkhand
In office 27 January 2015 – 30 January 2016
Appointed by	Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Chief Minister	Raghubar Das
Preceded by	Sajjal Chakraborty
Succeeded by	Raj Bala Verma
Personal details
Born	Rajiv Gauba (1959-08-15) 15 August 1959 (age 65) Punjab, India
Nationality	India
Spouse	Dr. Pammi Gauba Academician
Alma mater	Patna University
Occupation	IAS officer
Profession	Civil servant

Rajiv Gauba (born 15 August 1959; IAST: Rājīva Gaubā) is a retired Indian civil servant who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India from 30 August 2019 till 30 August 2024.^[2] He is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the 1982 batch of Jharkhand (earlier Bihar) cadre.^[3][4][5] Prior to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, he was Home Secretary of India. His tenure as the Cabinet Secretary of India has been extended 4 times by 1 year durations by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) which is chaired by the Prime Minister of India.