Ajay Narayan Jha | |
|---|---|
| Ajaya Nārāyaṇa Jhā | |
 Jha addressing an event at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2017. | |
| Member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission of India | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India | |
| In office 4 March 2019 – 26 November 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Shaktikanta Das |
| Finance Secretary of India | |
| In office 4 December 2018 – 28 February 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Hasmukh Adhia |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chandra Garg |
| Expenditure Secretary of India | |
| In office 31 October 2017 – 28 February 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Ashok Lavasa |
| Succeeded by | G. C. Murmu |
| Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 May 2016 – 10 October 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Anil Madhav Dave (2016—2017) Dr. Harsh Varhan (2017) |
| Preceded by | Ashok Lavasa |
| Succeeded by | C. K. Mishra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ajay Narayan Jha 15 January 1959 Bihar, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Alma mater | Harvard Kennedy School McGill University St. Stephen's College, Delhi University |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Profession | IAS officer |
Ajay Narayan Jha (born 15 January 1959; IAST: Ajaya Nārāyaṇa Jhā) is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Manipur cadre. He was the Finance Secretary of India for three months.[1] He was appointed as the member of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India in place of Shaktikanta Das and served there till 26 November 2023.[2] Thereafter, he was appointed as a member of Sixteenth Finance Commission on 1 January 2024.[3]
- ^ "Finance Secretary till Jan 31". www.livemint.com.
- ^ "Mr.Jha replaces Mr.Das". ndtv. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Govt appoints four new members to 16th Finance Commission". The Indian Express. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.