Rajeev Topno

Rajeev Topno is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1996 batch from Gujarat cadre who previously served as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of the World Bank Group. Prior to that, he was Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Education and early life

Rajeev Topno did his schooling from St. Thomas' Boys School, Khiderpore. He received Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and sociology from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and joined Gujarat cadre in 1998 as assistant collector at Bharuch. He served state government in different capacities at district and state level till 2009. Following that, he was on central government deputation posted as the deputy secretary at Prime Minister's Office, Delhi from 2009 to 2014. In June 2014, he was appointed as the private secretary of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.