Archive · 25 Sep 2025
Chhattisgarh Names Vikas Sheel as New Chief Secretary
The state of Chhattisgarh has a new leader in its government, a man named Vikas Sheel.
He used to work at the Asian Development Bank, which is like a big bank for Asia.
He is now coming back to take the top job in the state government, which is called Chief Secretary.
He will take over from the current chief secretary, Amitabha Jain, who was given extra time in the job after his usual retirement date.
Vikas Sheel is a respected official who has been in government for a long time.
This means he will be in charge of a lot of important things that the government does.
Vikas Sheel, a 1994-batch IAS officer, is the new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh.
The notification was issued recently by the Chhattisgarh government.
He replaces Amitabha Jain, who is retiring this month.
Jain received a three-month extension after his initial retirement.
Sheel returns after serving as Executive Director in the ADB.
- Who
- Vikas Sheel
- What
- Appointed as the new Chief Secretary
- When
- Notification issued recently; Sheel to assume office soon
- Where
- Chhattisgarh government
- Why
- To replace the retiring chief secretary, Amitabha Jain.
- New Chief Secretary
- Vikas Sheel
- Batch
- 1994 IAS
- Previous Role
- Executive Director at ADB
- Previous Chief Secretary
- Amitabha Jain
- Jain's Retirement Extension
- Three months