Rajiv Gauba took over as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Urban Development. Gauba has wide-ranging experience in senior positions at policy making and programme implementation in the Central and State Governments and in international organisations. Hailing from Punjab, the 1959 born Gauba is a physics graduate from Patna University.  He was Chief Secretary, Jharkhand for 15 months before joining the central government today.

• Earlier, Gauba served in the central government in the Ministries of Home, Defence, Finance, Environment and Forests and Department of Electronics and Information Technology in senior positions.
•  Gauba also served in the International Monetary Fund representing the Country for four years on the Board of IMF.
• He was Collector and District Magistrate for 7 years in the districts of Gaya, Nalanda and Muzaffarpur.
• Gauba joined the Ministry of Urban Development on superannuation of Shri Madhusudhan Prasad on March 31,2016.