Shri Ajay Tirkey assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi on 1 May 2020. He succeeded Shri Rabindra Panwar who retired on superannuation on 30 April 2020.
Ajay Tirkey is the 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Prior to this, held the post of Special Secretary in the same Ministry.
In 2017, he worked as a Joint Secretary in the Department of School Education and Literacy in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
From 2015 to 2017, has been Managing Director of State Cooperative Marketing Federation.
He has extensive experience of handling the portfolios of Medical Education, Labour & Employment and Rural Development in his home cadre appointments. He has served as the Principal Secretary to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh
From 2004 to 2009 he was on deputation to the Ministry of Defence as Director and Joint Secretary. He has also worked as the Managing Director (MD) of State Cooperative Marketing Federation (Markfed), Madhya Pradesh.
He served as the District Collector of Sidhi, Hoshangabad and Raipur. In addition, he has worked in various capacities as an officer of Indian Administrative Service in Madhya Pradesh.
