Gujarat Gas Limited announced that the Board of Directors have approved appointment of Shri Pankaj Joshi, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat, as Additional Director & Chairman on the Board of Gujarat Gas Limited with effect from 7 February, 2025. Brief Profile of Shri Pankaj Joshi, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat is as under: Shri Pankaj Joshi, IAS, is a Senior IAS Officer of Government of Gujarat (GoG) with distinguished academic background of B. Tech in Civil Engineering, M. Tech in Water Resource Engineering, IIT, New Delhi and M. Phil in Defence & Strategic Studies. Having joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1989, he has held various important positions in the Government of Gujarat in various departments like Land Revenue, Personnel and General Administration, Urban Development and Education Department for about 20 years.
He has also worked with the Union Government in various Departments like Urban Development, Social Justice and Empowerment, Public Transport etc. for about 6 years. He has wide experience at the senior level in the Public Administration and Policy in various areas.
He was Principal Secretary, Energy & Petrochemicals Department, Govt. of Gujarat and Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, Sachivalaya, Gujarat. He has also served as Director on the Board of various GoG entities from time to time.
Presently, he is Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat.
