The 1978 batch IAS officer, C S Rajan has been appointed as Chief Secretary of the Rajasthan. Prior to this he was serving as Addl Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. He has been made the Chief Secretary after the earlier Chief Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was appointed Secretary , Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, in Delhi by the Narendra Modi government. Rajan will have a tenure of 13 months as he is due to retire in December 2015.