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Rajiv Gauba takes charge as Home Secretary

As the Union Home Secretary, he will be handling issues like internal security, militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, Maoist problems in central and east India, besides other issues

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Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba took charge as the Union Home Secretary on Thursday after superannuation of Rajiv Mehrishi. Gauba was named as Mehrishi's successor two months ago and appointed as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) on June 27 to give him time to acquaint himself with the working in the Home Ministry.

A 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, 58-year-old Gauba will have a fixed two-year tenure. Earlier, he had worked for the Home Ministry as Additional Secretary, looking after crucial left wing extremism division, among other responsibilities.

As the Union Home Secretary, he will be handling issues like internal security, militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, Maoist problems in central and east India, besides other issues.

Before his appointment as OSD and being named Mehrishi's successor, he was serving as a secretary in the Union Urban Development Ministry.

Born in Punjab in 1959, Gauba had graduated in Physics from Patna University. He had served in Jharkhand as the Chief Secretary for 15 months before joining the central government last year. Gauba has also served in the central government's ministries of home, defence, finance, environment and forests and department of electronics and information technology in different positions.

He had also served as District Magistrate of Gaya, Nalanda, and Muzzaffarpur districts before Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar. He represented India on the board of International Monetary Fund for four years.

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