Shri Aramane Giridhar, IAS (AP : 1988), is Secretary (A/C), D/o Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence.

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Shri Aramane Giridhar, IAS (AP:1988) is the current Secretary (A/C) of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence. He assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Defence on November 01, 2022¹. Shri Giridhar has a long and illustrious career in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), spanning over 32 years. He has held various important portfolios in the Central Government as well as Andhra Pradesh government. Prior to his current assignment, Shri Giridhar was Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Earlier, he was Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. Apart from Cabinet Secretariat, Shri Giridhar looked after Exploration Division in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and was Executive Director in-charge of inspections in Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority. In the Andhra Pradesh Government, Shri Giridhar had served as Principal Secretary in Urban Development Department; Managing Director of AP State Finance Corporation and Secretary (Finance Department). He also held the post of the Collector & DM of Chittoor and Khammam districts¹. Shri Giridhar did B Tech in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and M Tech from IIT, Madras. He is MA (Economics) from Kakatiya University, Warangal