Vikassheel, a senior IAS officer of the 1994 batch, will be the next Chief Secretary. Vikassheel was posted as Executive Director in the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila. In January 2024, he was sent to this post by the Central Government for a period of three years. Vikassheel is returning to Chhattisgarh next week.
Vikasheel joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1994. As soon as he came to the Chhattisgarh cadre, he held many important responsibilities. He was the collector in big districts like Raipur and Bilaspur. Apart from this, he has also taken charge of important departments like Industry, Finance, Health and General Administration in the Chhattisgarh government. While on central deputation, he got experience of working on senior posts in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Jal Shakti. His role as Mission Director in Jal Jeevan Mission was particularly noteworthy.
In March 2025, the Central Government empanelled him for Secretary/Secretary-equivalent grade. This empanelment is considered a major achievement in terms of his seniority and experience in the Chhattisgarh cadre.
Relieved from ADB
The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) of the Government of India had recently written a letter to ADB requesting to relieve Vikasheel ahead of schedule. After the letter from the Government of India, ADB has relieved him. It is being told that Vikasheel will come to Raipur next week, his wife Nidhi Chhibber is also a 1994 batch IAS officer, she is also returning to Chhattisgarh after being relieved from central deputation.
Career graph of Vikasheel
Selected in Indian Administrative Service in 1994. Worked in Chhattisgarh cadre after separation from Madhya Pradesh.
He was the collector in big districts like Raipur and Bilaspur.
He held the responsibility of many important departments like Industry, Finance, Health and General Administration in the state.
During central deputation, he held responsibilities like Mission Director in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Jal Jeevan Mission).
He has been working as Executive Director in Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila since January 2024.
Empanelled for Secretary-grade in Government of India in March 2025.
Amitabh Jain will retire by the end of this month
The tenure of the current Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain is ending on the last date of this month. In June, on the day of his retirement, the Central Government had given him a three-month extension. Amitabh Jain is unlikely to be given an extension now. If his tenure was extended, he would have been given a one-year extension like Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Anurag Jain. It is believed that Amitabh Jain can become the Chief Information Commissioner of the state after retirement.
13 Chief Secretaries who will be developing
1. Arun Kumar – 30 October 2000 to 31 January 2003
2. S.K. Mishra – 31 January 2003 to 30 June 2004
3. A.K. Vijayvargiya – 1 July 2004 to 7 November 2005
4. R.P. Baghi – 7 November 2005 to 31 January 2007
5. Shivraj Singh – 31 January 2007 to 31 July 2008
6. P. Joy Umen – 31 July 2008 to 7 February 2012
7. Sunil Kumar – 7 February 2012 to 28 February 2014
8. Vivek Dhand – 28 February 2014 to 11 January 2018
9. Ajay Singh – 11 January 2018 to 2 January 2019
10. Sunil Kujur – 2 January 2019 to 31 October 2019
11. R.P. Mandal – 31 October 2019 to 30 November 2020
12. Amitabh Jain – 1 December 2020 (tenure continues, retirement on 30 June 2025, followed by 3 months extension till 30 September 2025)
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