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Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Ajay Kumar Bhalla
19th Governor of Manipur
Assumed office
3 January 2025
Chief MinisterN. Biren Singh
Preceded byLakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge)
Home Secretary of India
In office
22 August 2019 – 22 August 2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byRajiv Gauba
Succeeded byGovind Mohan[1]
Secretary, Ministry of Power
In office
July 2017 – July 2019
Preceded byP.K.Pujari
Succeeded bySanjiv N. Sahai
Personal details
Born (1960-11-26) 26 November 1960 (age 64)[2]
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi, University of Queensland
OccupationRetired Civil servant

Ajay Kumar Bhalla (born 26 November 1960) is the Governor of Manipur. He is the former Home secretary of India having assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. He is a retired IAS officer of 1984 batch,[3][4] from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He served as Home Secretary of India for around five years there till 22 August 2024.[5] He hails from Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as Manipur Governor on 24 December 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "Govind Mohan, 1989-batch IAS officer, appointed new Home Secretary". India Today. 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. ^ "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  3. ^ "Ajay Kumar Bhalla is new home secretary". India Today. IANS. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ "IAS Officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla Appointed Next Union Home Secretary". News18. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ PTI (2023-08-04). "Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla gets fourth extension, to remain in service till Aug. 22 next year". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  6. ^ "Former Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed Manipur governor; Arif Mohammed Khan new Bihar governor". The Times of India. 24 December 2024. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

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