Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Governor of Manipur | |
| Assumed office 3 January 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | N. Biren Singh (until 13 February 2025) President's rule (13 February 2025 - 3 February 2026) Yumnam Khemchand Singh (from 4 February 2026) |
| Preceded by | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Governor of Nagaland | |
Additional Charge | |
| In office 25 August 2025 – 6 March 2026 | |
| Chief Minister | Neiphiu Rio |
| Preceded by | La. Ganesan |
| Succeeded by | Nand Kishore Yadav |
| Union Home Secretary | |
| In office 22 August 2019 – 22 August 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Rajiv Gauba |
| Succeeded by | Govind Mohan |
| Union Power Secretary | |
| In office July 2017 – July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | P. K. Pujari |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chandra Garg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1960 |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi, University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Retired civil servant |
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Ajay Kumar Bhalla (born 26 November 1960) is a retired Indian bureaucrat and IAS officer of 1984 batch who is currently serving as the 19th Governor of Manipur from January 2025. He also acted as Governor of Nagaland as additional charge from August 2025 to March 2026. He previously served as the Home secretary of India having assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He served as Home Secretary of India for around five years there till 22 August 2024. He hails from Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
In December 2024 Bhalla was appointed as Manipur Governor. In August 2025 he was also given with the additional charge of Nagaland Governor and served in that position till 6 March 2026.