# List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra

The Chief Secretary of Maharashtra is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the Maharashtra State. The Chief Secretary is the ex-officio head of the state Civil Services Board, the State Secretariat, the state cadre Indian Administrative Service and all civil services under the rules of business of the state government. The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration.
The Chief Secretary is the officer of Indian Administrative Service. The Chief Secretary is the senior-most cadre post in the state administration, ranking 23rd on the Indian order of precedence. The Chief Secretary acts as an ex-officio secretary to the state cabinet, therefore called "Secretary to the Cabinet". The status of this post is equal to that of a Secretary to the Government of India.
Sujata Saunik is the current and first woman Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra, appointed on 1 July 2024.

## Chief secretaries

Source:
| Sl. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| 1 | N. T. Mone | 1 May 1960 | 16 August 1964 | 4 years, 107 days |
| 2 | D. R. Pradhan | 17 August 1964 | 4 September 1967 | 3 years, 18 days |
| 3 | B. B. Pemaster | 5 September 1967 | 24 September 1971 | 4 years, 19 days |
| 4 | L. G. Rajwade | 25 September 1971 | 7 November 1972 | 1 year, 43 days |
| 5 | L. M. Nadkarni | 8 November 1972 | 30 September 1973 | 326 days |
| 6 | D. D. Sathe | 1 October 1973 | 30 September 1976 | 2 years, 365 days |
| 7 | J. B. Dsouza | 01 October 1976 | 31 May 1977 | 242 days |
| 8 | S. V. Bhave | 01 June 1977 | 31 May 1978 | 364 days |
| 9 | L. S. Lulla | 01 June 1978 | 19 April 1979 | 322 days |
| 10 | P. D. Kasbekar | 20 April 1979 | 30 September 1979 | 163 days |
| 11 | P. G. Gavai | 1 October 1979 | 31 July 1982 | 2 years, 303 days |
| 12 | R. D. Pradhan | 23 August 1982 | 14 January 1985 | 2 years, 144 days |
| 13 | B. G. Deshmukh | 7 March 1985 | 31 July 1986 | 1 year, 146 days |
| 14 | K. G. Paranjape | 01 August 1986 - | 31 August 1988 | 2 years, 30 days |
| 15 | D. M. Sukhthankar | 01 September 1988 | 31 August 1990 | 1 year, 364 days |
| 16 | K. B. Shrinivas | 01 September 1990 | 31 December 1991 | 1 year, 121 days |
| 17 | S. Ramamurti | 01 January 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 1 year, 68 days |
| 18 | N. Raghunathan | 11 March 1993 | 30 September 1994 | 1 year, 203 days |
| 19 | Sharad Upasani | 01 October 1994 | 17 January 1996 | 1 year, 108 days |
| 20 | Dinesh Afzalpurkar | 24 February 1996 | 31 August 1997 | 1 year, 188 days |
| 21 | P. Subramanyam | 31 August 1997 | 25 May 1999 | 1 year, 266 days |
| 22 | A. L. Bogirwar | 25 May 1999 | 24 January 2001 | 1 year, 244 days |
| 23 | V. Ranganathan | 24 January 2001 | 30 September 2002 | 1 year, 249 days |
| 24 | Ajit M. Nimbalkar | 1 October 2002 | 31 May 2004 | 1 year, 243 days |
| 25 | Arun Kumar Mago | 1 June 2004 | 30 October 2004 | 151 days |
| 26 | Navin Kumar | 31 October 2004 | 8 December 2004 | 38 days |
| 27 | R. K. Premkumar | 8 December 2004 | 28 February 2006 | 1 year, 82 days |
| 28 | D. K. Shankaran | 1 April 2006 | 30 April 2007 | 1 year, 29 days |
| 29 | Johny Joseph | 30 April 2007 | 30 November 2009 | 2 years, 214 days |
| 30 | J. P. Dange | 30 November 2009 | 4 January 2011 | 1 year, 35 days |
| 31 | R. Y. Gaikwad | 4 January 2011 | 31 May 2012 | 1 year, 148 days |
| 32 | J. K. Banthiya | 31 May 2012 | 30 November 2013 | 1 year, 183 days |
| 33 | J. S. Sahariya | 30 November 2013 | 31 July 2014 | 243 days |
| 34 | Swadheen Kshatriya | 31 July 2014 | 28 February 2017 | 2 years, 212 days |
| 35 | Summet Mallik | 28 February 2017 | 30 April 2018 | 1 year, 61 days |
| 36 | Dinesh Kumar Jain | 30 April 2018 | 26 March 2019 | 330 days |
| 37 | U. P. S. Madan | 27 March 2019 | 13 May 2019 | 47 days |
| 38 | Ajoy Mehta | 13 May 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 1 year, 48 days |
| 39 | Sanjay Kumar | 1 July 2020 | 28 February 2021 | 242 days |
| 40 | Sitaram Kunte | 28 February 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 275 days |
| 41 | Debashish Chakrabarty | 30 November 2021 | 28 February 2022 | 90 days |
| 42 | Manu Kumar Srivastava | 28 February 2022 | 30 April 2023 | 1 year, 61 days |
| 43 | Manoj Saunik | 30 April 2023 | 1 January 2024 | 246 days |
| 44 | Dr. Nitin Kareer | 1 January 2024 | 30 June 2024 | 181 days |
| 45 | Sujata Saunik | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | 214 days |