(G.N.S) Dt. 27
New Delhi
Dr Hasmukh Adhia (IAS: 1981: GJ), former Union Finance Secretary, was appointed as Chief Adviser to Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel while S S Rathore is appointed as Adviser to the Chief Minister.
Adhia retired as Revenue-cum-Finance Secretary in November 2018. At present, he is the non-executive chairman of the Bank of Baroda and chancellor of the Central University of Gujarat. He is also the vice chairman of the boards of Pandit Deendayal Energy University and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI). He is a member of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Rathore, a retired bureaucrat from Gujarat Engineering Services (GES), is a former secretary of the roads and buildings department of the Gujarat government. He served in the Gujarat government’s roads & buildings and retired as additional chief secretary in 2014. He also served as managing director and chairman of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) for five years.
Rathore was conferred with the Padma Shri for his contribution to the development of infrastructure, who is credited for introducing the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) model of road development in Gujarat. He is known as the ‘highway and canal man’. The tenure of the two new posts will last until the present chief minister is in office.
