Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer V. Srinivas took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan in Jaipur on Monday (November 17, 2025), replacing Sudhansh Pant, who has been shifted to the Centre on deputation. Mr. Srinivas, a 1989-batch officer, had also spent the last seven years on deputation in New Delhi.
Along with the Chief Secretary’s post, Mr. Srinivas will hold the additional charge of chairman of the Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited and the State’s Principal Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. He will serve till September 2026, when he is scheduled to retire.
Mr. Srinivas was earlier serving as the Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, in the Union government. He has superseded one IAS officer in the seniority list, as he is the second most senior officer in the Rajasthan cadre after Subodh Agarwal of the 1988 batch.
Mr. Pant’s sudden departure from the State in the middle of his tenure as the Chief Secretary has been viewed as an instance of the Centre exercising influence over key bureaucratic appointments. A major administrative reshuffle is likely to follow Mr. Srinivas’s appointment, with changes expected in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and in some key departments.
