Gujarat cadre IAS officer of 1990-batch Manoj Kumar Das will be the next Chief Secretary of Gujarat replacing Pankaj Joshi who is retiring from services on October 31. The General Administration Department of Gujarat government issued a notification in this regard, on Tuesday.

Das, is currently Additional Chief Secretary to the CM. He is also holding additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary (Home).

Commonly known as M K Das, the next Chief Secretary of Gujarat is an alumni of IIT Kharagpur from where he has done B.Tech in Computer Science.

A native of Darbhanga in Bihar, Das is due to retire in December 2026.

After current Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi, Das is the third senior most IAS officer from Gujarat cadre. Two other senior IAS officers are from 1989 batch; K Srinivas and S

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