Hasmukh Adhia

Hasmukh Adhia, IAS (born 3November 1958) is an Indian banker and a retired civil servant. He is one of the key persons behind the architecture and roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax & Demonetization scheme announced in 2016. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1981Gujarat cadre batch who served as Finance Secretary and Revenue Secretary of State. He previously served in several capacities for the Indian and Gujarat governments, including as Financial Services Secretary. 

He is the present Chairman of  the boards of State public sector undertakings Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) (GACL) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd(GMDC), GIFT City,  standing committee of Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar and former Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of Baroda. A week after the government nominated him chairman of state-owned Bank of Baroda where he served till 29 February 2024, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat. Also, he serves as Chief Advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister in CMO from 2022 onwards. 

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