Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Ajay Kumar Bhalla is the current Home Secretary of India. He assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. He is a senior IAS officer of 1984 batch, from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He received three one-year extensions in August 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He hails from Bihar, India.