Rajiv Gauba to create history being longest serving Cabinet Secretary

Rajiv Gauba, who has been given yet another extension, will be the longest serving Cabinet Secretary and will break the record of B D Pande, who served four years and five months.  Pande joined as Cabinet Secretary on November 2, 1972 and served up to March 31, 1977. Gauba has been serving as Cabinet Secretary since August 30, 2019. If he completes his tenure in August 2024, he will be the longest serving Cabinet Secretary in history.