Govind Mohan is new Home Secretary

Srinagar, Aug 14: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Wednesday posted 1989-Sikkim cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Govind Mohan as the next Union Home Secretary.

“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Govind Mohan, IAS (SK:89), Secretary, Ministry of Culture as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Home Affairs with immediate effect," reads an order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Ministry of Personal Public Grievance and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training.

The order reads that the officer would take over as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice Ajay Kumar Bhalla on completion of his tenure on August 22, 2024.

Mohan, who turns 59 next month, takes over from Ajay Kumar Bhalla, a 1984-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who was appointed as Union Home Secretary in August 2019 and remained in the post for almost half a decade.

An electrical engineer from BHU-IIT Varanasi, Mohan has served as Union Culture Secretary since October 2021 and had two stints in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the past.

Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Mohan has been on Central Deputation since August 2017 and has served as a Joint Secretary in the MHA from May to September 2018 and as Additional Secretary from September 2018 to September 2021.