Hasmukh Adhia | |
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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[1] |
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 | Rajkot district, Gujarat[2] | 3 November 1958
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Gujarat University Swami Vivekanand Yoga University |
Occupation | Retired IAS officer |
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.[3] He previously served in several capacities for the Indian and Gujarat governments, including as Financial Services Secretary. 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]