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Nandini Chakravorty
Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal
In office
1 January 2026 – 15 March 2026[1]
Appointed byMamata Banerjee
Preceded byManoj Pant
Succeeded byDushyant Nariala
Personal details
Born (1969-06-10) 10 June 1969 (age 57)[2]
Alma materLady Brabourne College
Jawaharlal Nehru University[3]
OccupationBureaucrat

Nandini Chakravorty (born 10 June 1969) is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1994 batch (West Bengal) cadre. She had served as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal from 1 January 2026 to 15 March 2026, becomes first woman chief secretary of West Bengal.[4][5][6][7]

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  1. "Ahead of Assembly polls, EC reshuffles West Bengal's top bureaucracy and police officers". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  2. "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  3. "Bengal gets 1st woman chief secy in Nandini Chakravorty". The Times of India. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. "Nandini Chakravorty first woman chief secretary of Bengal". The Telegraph. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. "Who Is Nandini Chakravorty, West Bengal's First Woman Chief Secretary". NDTV. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. "Nandini Chakravorty becomes Bengal's first woman Chief Secretary". Millenniumpost. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  7. Ananda, A. B. P. (2026-03-16). "ভোটের দিন ঘোষণার সঙ্গে সঙ্গেই মুখ্যসচিব ও স্বরাষ্ট্রসচিবকে সরাল নির্বাচন কমিশন". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-03-15.