Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Ajay Kumar Bhalla
IAS
Home Secretary of India
Assumed office
22 August 2019
Appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by Rajiv Gauba
Personal details
Born 26 November 1960
Alma mater University of Delhi

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.