LIST OF SECRETARIES OF THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Sl No Name From To Name of the President 1 Shri Shavax A. Lal,CIE 23.06.1948 25.01.1950 Secretary to Shri R. Rajagopalachari, Governor General of India 26.01.1950 11.11.1954 Secretary to the President of India 2 Shri C.S. Venkatachar, CIE, 10.01.1955 14.01.1958 Secretary to Dr. Rajendra Prasad OBE, ICS 3 Shri A.V. Pai, CIE, OBE, ICS 15.01.1958 06.12.1961 Secretary to Dr. Rajendra Prasad 4 Shri R.K. Ramadhyani, ICS 07.12.1961 13.05.1962 Secretary to Dr. Rajendra Prasad 13.05.1962 07.11.1962 Secretary to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 5 Shri Subimal Dutt, OBE, ICS 08.11.1962 21.10.1964 Secretary to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 6 Shri Kashinath Raghunath 22.10.1964 18.02.1965 Secretary to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Damle, ICS 7 Shri Yezdezard Dinshaw 19.02.1965 05.12.1966 Secretary to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Gundevia, ICS 8 Dr. Nagendra Singh, ICS 05.12.1966 01.10.1972 Secretary to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Zakir Hussain and Shri V.V. Giri 9 Shri Ashok Mitra, ICS 01.02.1973 28.02.1975 Secretary to Shri V.V. Giri and Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 10 Shri K. Balachandran, ICS 05.03.1975 31.07.1977 Secretary to Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Shri N. Sanjiva Reddy 11 Shri K.C. Madappa, IAS 01.08.1977 30.04.1980 Secretary to Shri N. Sanjiva Reddy 12 Shri V.K. Rao, ICS (Retd.) 24.04.1981 25.07.1982 Principal Secretary to Shri N. Sanjiva Reddy 13 Shri A.C. Bandyopadhyay, IAS 25.07.1982 31.01.1986 Secretary to Giani Zail Singh 14 Shri S. Varadan, IAS 31.01.1986 24.07.1987 Secretary to Giani Zail Singh 25.07.1987 08.11.1987 Secretary to Shri R. Venkataraman 15 Shri Prem Kumar, IAS 09.11.1987 27.03.1989 Secretary to Shri R. Venkataraman 27.03.1989 31.10.1989 Principal Secy. To Shri R. Venkataraman 16 Shri P. Murari, IAS (TN:67) 30.11.1989 31.08.1992 Secretary to Shri R. Venkataraman & Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 17 Shri R. Srinivasan, IAS (OR:60) 01.09.1992 31.08.1994 Secretary to Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 18 Shri C.D. Tripathi, IAS (AM:62) 10.10.1994 06.05.1995 Secretary to Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 19 Shri S.S. Sohoni, IAS (MH:70) 06.05.1995 25.07.1997 Secretary to Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma (Retd.) 20 Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, IAS 13.11.1997 12.08.2000 Secretary to Shri K.R. Narayanan (TN:68) (Retd.) 21 Shri P.M. Nair, IAS (AGMU:67) 25.07.2002 25.07.2007 Secretary to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam 22 Dr. Christy L. Fernandez, IAS 25.07.2007 25.07.2012 Secretary to Smt. Pratibha Devisingh (GJ:73) Patil 23 Smt. Omita Paul, IIS (73) 25.07.2012 25.07.2017 Secretary to Shri Pranab Mukherjee 24 Shri Sanjay Kothari, IAS 25.07.2017 24.04.2020 Secretary to Shri Ram Nath Kovind (HY:78) 25 Shri K.D. Tripathi, IAS (AM:80) 24.04.2020 Secretary to Shri Ram Nath Kovind
CIE- Companion of the Indian Empire
CBE- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
OBE- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
MBE- Member of the Order of the British Empire
ICS- Imperial (Indian) Civil Services