Sanjay Malhotra

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sanjay Malhotra

• Sanjay Malhotra joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) as part of the Rajasthan cadre in 1990.

• He served as the Sub-Divisional Officer in Ajmer from 21 July 1992 to 7 August 1993.

• Sanjay served as the Sub-Divisional Officer in Bikaner (North) from 10 August 1993 to 23 April 1994.

• Sanjay was appointed as the Secretary of the Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) in Alwar on 25 April 1994. He served in this position until 5 August 1995.

• Malhotra held the position of Deputy Secretary in the Medical and Health Department of the Government of Rajasthan from 7 August 1995 to 9 August 1996 in Jaipur.

• He served as the Collector and District Magistrate of Chittorgarh from 12 August 1996 to 16 June 1998.

• Sanjay was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Rajasthan Energy Development Agency in Jaipur from 17 June 1998 to 9 October 1998.

• He served as the Director of the Soil Conservation and Watershed Development Department of Rajasthan in Jaipur from 26 September 1998 to 1 January 2000.

• Sanjay Malhotra participated in the junior-level program, organised for the 1990-93 batches, at PSIPA during the years 1999-2000.

• Sanjay was appointed as the Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Atomic Energy, Government of India, in New Delhi on 4 January 2000 and served until 29 November 2000.

• Malhotra was appointed as the Project Coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on 16 June 2003. He served in this position until 30 September 2006.

• He served as the Special Secretary in the Finance (Revenue) Department of the Rajasthan Government in Jaipur from 23 October 2006 to 10 April 2007.

•  Sanjay was appointed as the Secretary of the Finance Department of the Rajasthan Government in Jaipur on 10 April 2007. He served in this position till 7 November 2007.

• Sanjay served as Secretary to the Government in Rajasthan’s Department of Personnel (DoP) in Jaipur from 8 November 2007 to 27 July 2008.

• In 2009-2010, Sanjay attended a program on ‘E-Governance: Opportunities & Challenges’ at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Karnataka.

• He served as the Commissioner of the Tribal Area Development Department in Udaipur from 13 June 2009 to 24 August 2009.

• Sanjay served as the Managing Director of Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited in Udaipur from 22 August 2009 to 30 April 2010.

• Sanjay was appointed as the Secretary to the Government and Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Communication in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 29 April 2010. He served in this position till 23 December 2013.

• In 2012, he attended a 14-day program on ‘Management in the Public Sector’ at École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in Pais, France.

• Malhotra was appointed as the Commissioner of the Commercial Taxes Department of Rajasthan in Jaipur on 21 December 2013. He served in this position till 3 November 2014.

• Sanjay became the Secretary of the Energy Department for the Government of Rajasthan on 31 October 2014. Alongside this role, he served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., as well as Chairman of Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Ajmer Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd. He served in these roles till 31 December 2014.

• From 1 January 2015 to 30 May 2016, Sanjay served as the Principal Secretary to the Government in the Energy Department and as the Chairman and Managing Director of Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur. He also served as the Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Ajmer Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd.

• As Principal Secretary, he initiated key projects, such as appointing distribution franchisees in four towns, public-private partnerships in transmission, and metering, billing, and collection reforms.

• Sanjay served as the Chairman of DISCOMs (Distribution Companies) in Jaipur, Rajasthan, from 26 April 2016 to 26 December 2018.

• He became the Chairman of Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL) in Jaipur on 19 December 2018 and served till 26 December 2018.

• He worked as the Principal Secretary for the Revenue, Colonisation, and Sainik Kalyan Departments of the Rajasthan Government in Jaipur from 26 December 2018 to 31 December 2019.

• Sanjay once also served as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power, where he was responsible for transmission, distribution, reforms, and restructuring. He also contributed to the privatisation of distribution utilities in Union Territories.

• Sanjay worked as the Principal Secretary in the Mines and Petroleum Department in Jaipur for the Government of Rajasthan from 17 September 2019 to 30 September 2019.

• He became the Additional Chief Secretary for the Revenue, Colonisation, and Sainik Kalyan Departments of the Rajasthan Government in Jaipur on 1 January 2020.

• On 1 January 2020, he also became the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power for the Government of India in New Delhi.

• On 9 November 2020, Sanjay became the Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd. In this role, he led the company while also serving as the Ex-official Chairman of its wholly owned subsidiary, REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited.

  

• He served as the Financial Services Secretary of India from 1 February 2022 to 30 November 2022.

• Sanjay served as the Officer on Duty in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, from 9 October 2022 to 1 November 2022.

• He was appointed as the Revenue Secretary of India in New Delhi on 1 December 2022.

  

• Sanjay was appointed as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 11 December 2024, succeeding Shaktikanta Das.