Hasmukh Adhia

Hasmukh Adhia
Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat & Chairman of Standing Committee of Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Assumed office
8 March 2019
Preceded byYoginder K Alagh
Chairman of GIFT City
Assumed office
24 June 2022
Preceded bySudhir Mankad
Chairman of Bank of Baroda
In office
1 March 2019 – 29 February 2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byRavi Venkatesan
Succeeded byMR Kumar[1]
Finance Secretary of India
In office
1 November 2017 – 30 November 2018
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterArun Jaitley
Preceded byAshok Lavasa
Succeeded byAjay Narayan Jha
Revenue Secretary of India
In office
1 September 2015 – 30 November 2018
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterArun Jaitley
Preceded byShaktikanta Das
Succeeded byAjay Bhushan Pandey
Financial Services Secretary of India
In office
3 November 2014 – 31 August 2015
Preceded byG S Sandhu
Succeeded byAnjuly Chib Duggal
Personal details
Born (1958-11-03) 3 November 1958 (age 66)
Rajkot district, Gujarat[2]
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Management Bangalore
Gujarat University
Swami Vivekanand Yoga University
OccupationRetired 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]

  1. ^ "Ex-LIC chief, former SBI MD among 3 new PSB chairmen". The Times of India. 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Officers borne on the IAS cadre of Gujarat" (PDF). Department of General Administration (Personnel Division), Government of Gujarat. 1 January 2016. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ Roy Chowdhury, Jayanta (18 November 2018). "Hasmukh Adhia, Modi's man who knows too much". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Hasmukh Adhia Completes Term as BoB Chairman". Rediff. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Hasmukh Adhia appointed Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ^ www.ETEnergyworld.com. "Ex-finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia appointed as chief advisor to Guj CM Patel - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.