Sajjan Singh Yadav, 1995-Batch AGMUT IAS Officer, Appointed Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir

Sajjan Singh Yadav, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, effective November 1, 2026. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the order on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir draws its Chief Secretary from the Joint AGMUT cadre, which the Home Ministry manages directly. The same cadre supplies Chief Secretaries and Advisors to Delhi, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Ladakh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, according to an MHA list dated January 15, 2025.

Yadav returned to the AGMUT cadre from the Centre this year. On March 31, 2026, he was elevated as Special Secretary in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, after being empanelled to hold the rank of Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. Soon afterwards, the Delhi government posted him as Additional Chief Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Delhi Jal Board. He also received additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) and Chairperson of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, taking over those responsibilities from D Vaidya, a 1998-batch AGMUT officer.

His earlier career was in Arunachal Pradesh. In 1998 he was Project Director of the Puroik Welfare Board at Seppa in East Kameng district, where he set up the Arunodaya Model Village at New Seppa for 30 Puroik families. He then served as Deputy Commissioner of East Kameng from April 1999 to April 2000. The Arunachal Times recalls him for stringent action against the bonded labour system in that district.

Yadav, who uses the prefix Dr, holds a graduate degree in economics from Harvard University and a doctorate in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The MHA's January 2025 list shows Atal Dulloo, a 1989-batch AGMUT officer, as Chief Secretary of the Union Territory, in the post since December 1, 2023.

The appointment takes effect on November 1, 2026.