Pankaj Joshi appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat, will take charge at the end of January

Pankaj Joshi new Chief Secretary: General Administration Department, Government of Gujarat has notified that Pankaj Joshi, IAS (RR:GJ:1989) who is Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of the state. He has been appointed as the Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat with transfers and promotions. State Chief Secretary Raj Kumar, IAS who is retiring from the Indian Administrative Service on January 31.

Pankaj Joshi is from the state of Uttarakhand who joined the Gujarat cadre in the 1989 batch of the Indian Civil Service IAS. Pankaj Joshi is currently working as CMO. Even before this, he had worked as ACS in CMO. Pankaj Joshi has also worked as ACS of Finance Department, Energy and Petrochemical Department.

He is rising from Provincial Collector to Chief Secretary of the state. He has served as Surat Collector and Surat Commissioner.