Hasmukh Adhia
Hasmukh Adhia, IAS (born 3 November 1958) is an Indian banker and a retired civil servant. He is one of the key persons behind the architecture and roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax & Demonetization scheme announced in 2016. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1981 Gujarat cadre batch who served as Finance Secretary and Revenue Secretary of State.[1] He previously served in several capacities for the Indian and Gujarat governments, including as Financial Services Secretary.
Hasmukh Adhia | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat & Chairman of Standing Committee of Pandit Deendayal Energy University | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Yoginder K Alagh |
| Chairman of GIFT City | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Mankad |
| Chairman of Bank of Baroda | |
| In office 1 March 2019 – 29 February 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Ravi Venkatesan |
| Succeeded by | MR Kumar[2] |
| Finance Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 November 2017 – 30 November 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Ashok Lavasa |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Narayan Jha |
| Revenue Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 September 2015 – 30 November 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Shaktikanta Das |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Bhushan Pandey |
| Financial Services Secretary of India | |
| In office 3 November 2014 – 31 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | G S Sandhu |
| Succeeded by | Anjuly Chib Duggal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1958 Rajkot district, Gujarat[3] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Gujarat University Swami Vivekanand Yoga University |
| Occupation | Retired IAS officer |
He is the present Chairman of the boards of State public sector undertakings Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) (GACL) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd(GMDC), GIFT City, standing committee of Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar and former Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of Baroda.[4] A week after the government nominated him chairman of state-owned Bank of Baroda where he served till 29 February 2024, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat.[5] Also, he serves as Chief Advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister in CMO from 2022 onwards.[6]
References
- ↑ Roy Chowdhury, Jayanta (18 November 2018). "Hasmukh Adhia, Modi's man who knows too much". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-LIC chief, former SBI MD among 3 new PSB chairmen". The Times of India. 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Officers borne on the IAS cadre of Gujarat" (PDF). Department of General Administration (Personnel Division), Government of Gujarat. 1 January 2016. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ "Hasmukh Adhia Completes Term as BoB Chairman". Rediff. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ↑ "Hasmukh Adhia appointed Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ↑ www.ETEnergyworld.com. "Ex-finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia appointed as chief advisor to Guj CM Patel - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.