Sanjay Jaju named Chief Secretary as N. Sridhar moves to the CM's office

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of June 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — The Dr B. R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat.

Telangana got a new top civil servant and a reshaped senior bureaucracy on Friday, 26 June 2026.

The new Chief Secretary

The government named Sanjay Jaju, a 1992-batch IAS officer, as Chief Secretary with effect from 30 June, succeeding K. Ramakrishna Rao, who retired that day after a 10-month extension. Jaju had been on central deputation since 2014, most recently as Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, and was repatriated to the Telangana cadre that week. He also took over Rao's charges for industries and commerce, IT, and the Chief Minister's Industry & Investment Cell. Rao became adviser and ex-officio special chief secretary to the Chief Minister.

The reshuffle

• N. Sridhar — Principal Secretary to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
• M. Raghunandan Rao — additional charge of Mines & Geology and Industries & Commerce.
• Ahmad Nadeem — Principal Secretary (Political), General Administration, and Minorities Welfare.
• Shailaja Ramaiyer — Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science & Technology, continuing with Endowments.
• Rahul Bojja — Principal Secretary, Disaster Management, on return from leave.
• P. Katyayani Devi — Special Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts.

Sources

• Sanjay Jaju appointed Telangana Chief Secretary — Deccan Chronicle, 26 June 2026
• Telangana major IAS reshuffle: N. Sridhar appointed Principal Secretary to CM — Deccan Chronicle, 26 June 2026