Ajay Narayan Jha
Ajay Narayan Jha (born 15 January 1959; IAST: Ajaya Nārāyaṇa Jhā) is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Manipur cadre. He was the Finance Secretary of India for three months. He was appointed as the member of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India in place of Shaktikanta Das and served there till 26 November 2023. Thereafter, he was appointed as a member of Sixteenth Finance Commission on 1 January 2024.
Ajay Narayan Jha | |
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| Ajaya Nārāyaṇa Jhā | |
Jha addressing an event at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2017. | |
| Member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission of India | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India | |
| In office 4 March 2019 – 26 November 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Shaktikanta Das |
| Finance Secretary of India | |
| In office 4 December 2018 – 28 February 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Hasmukh Adhia |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chandra Garg |
| Expenditure Secretary of India | |
| In office 31 October 2017 – 28 February 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Ashok Lavasa |
| Succeeded by | G. C. Murmu |
| Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 May 2016 – 10 October 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Anil Madhav Dave (2016—2017) Dr. Harsh Varhan (2017) |
| Preceded by | Ashok Lavasa |
| Succeeded by | C. K. Mishra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ajay Narayan Jha 15 January 1959 Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Harvard Kennedy School McGill University St. Stephen's College, Delhi University |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Profession | IAS officer |
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