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{{Short description|Secretary in Ministry of Finance of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K Moses Chalai
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| image = K Moses Chalai IAS.jpg
| caption =
| office = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Public Enterprises|Department of Public Enterprises Ministry of Finance of India]]
| predecessor = Ali Raza Rizvi
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| term_start = 18 April 2025
| appointer1 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office1 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[Inter-State Council|Inter-State Council Secretariat of]] [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs of India]]
| successor1 = Ashish Srivastava
| term_end1 = 18 April 2025
| term_start1 = 28 February 2024
| appointer2 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office2 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[North Eastern Council]] [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ram Muivah]]
| successor2 = Satinder Kumar Bhalla
| term_end2 = 4 February 2024
| term_start2 = 1 November 2019
| appointer3 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office3 = [[Additional Secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]]
| term_end3 = 22 April 2019
| term_start3 = 31 October 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|02|01|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2014|title=List of IAS Officers in Manipur |url=https://manipur.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/list-of-ias-officers-in-manipur-as-on-03-10-2014.pdf |access-date=10 November 2025|publisher=[[Government of Manipur]]|language=en}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Senapati district]], [[Manipur]], [[India]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=27 October 2019 |title=Senior IAS officer K Moses Chalai appointed as new NEC Secretary, to succeed Ram Muivah |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2019/10/27/Senior-IAS-officer-from-Manipur-and-former-Senapati-DC-K-Moses-Chalai-IAS-has-been-appointed-as-the-Secretary-to-the-prestigious-North-East-Council-NEC-under-Ministry-of-DONER-.amp.html|access-date=11 November 2025|website=The Sangai Express |language=en}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]) ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) [[Kirori Mal College]]<br>[[Delhi University]]
| profession = [[Bureaucrat]]
}}

'''K Moses Chalai''' (born 1 February 1968<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=3 October 2014|title=List of IAS Officers in Manipur |url=https://manipur.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/list-of-ias-officers-in-manipur-as-on-03-10-2014.pdf |access-date=10 November 2025|publisher=[[Government of Manipur]]|language=en}}</ref> ) is a 1990 batch [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] from [[Manipur]] cadre. He is currently serving as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Public Enterprises|Department of Public Enterprises]] since April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|title=K Moses Chalai|url=https://thesecretariat.in/bureautrack/k-moses-chalai-01mn014000 |access-date=9 November 2025|website=The Secretariat|language=en}}</ref> He hails from [[Mao people (India)|Mao Naga Community]] of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipur's Naga body demands Moses Chalai as state Chief Secretary, writes to Amit Shah|date=4 January 2025|url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/manipur-s-naga-body-demands-moses-chalai-as-state-chief-secretary-writes-to-amit-shah/ar-AA1wWr4F?ocid=BingNewsVerp&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 |access-date=10 November 2025 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
K Moses Chalai was born on 1 February 1968 in [[Senapati district]] of [[Manipur]], [[India]].<ref name="auto"/> He hails from [[Mao people (India)|Mao Naga Community]], which is a [[Scheduled Tribe]] community in Manipur.
He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] both degrees in [[political science]] from [[Kirori Mal College]] of [[Delhi University]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |title=Shri K Moses Chalai |url=https://nlmc.dpe.gov.in/home/SecyDPE_KMosesChalai_ERSheet.pdf |access-date=9 November 2025 |publisher=[[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance of India]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Civil Service career==
Moses Chalai is an [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of 1990 batch from the [[Manipur]] cadre. He has served in various positions in the [[Government of Manipur]].
As the [[principal secretary (India)|principal secretary]], he served in the [[Cooperative]] Department at the Agricultural Ministry of the [[Government of Manipur]] from 2012 to 2016.<ref name="auto1"/> Before that, he had served as joint secretary in various ministries of the [[Government of Manipur]], such as joint secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, and joint secretary in Human Resource Ministry of the state.<ref name="auto2"/>

He has been on Central Deputation for central government since August 2016, where he first served as the [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India|joint secretary]] in [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]] and then as [[Additional Secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary]] in the same ministry in 2019.<ref name="auto2"/>

From 2019 to 2024 he served as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|secretary of]] [[North Eastern Council]] in [[Shillong]] under the [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region]]. His tenure in the region saw the implementation of various projects, such as the 5G Application initiative, digital designing, and Animation and Digital Tourism. Initiatives like NETMOS, NESAC projects, and 3D printing technology contributed to the growth of the region. He also played a crucial role in the establishment of the APJ Abdul Kalam Center for Policy Research and Analysis at [[IIM Shillong]].
He was also given a farewell ceremony by the council for his contributions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2024 |title=Nec- Newsletter|url=https://necouncil.gov.in/sites/default/files/NEC%20Newsletter%20vol2%20issue1_0.pdf |access-date=9 November 2024|publisher=[[North Eastern Council]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2019|title=Senior IAS officer K Moses Chalai appointed as NEC secretary succeeding Ram Muivah|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2019/10/27/Senior-IAS-officer-from-Manipur-and-former-Senapati-DC-K-Moses-Chalai-IAS-has-been-appointed-as-the-Secretary-to-the-prestigious-North-East-Council-NEC-under-Ministry-of-DONER-.html#/google_vignette|access-date=9 November 2025|website=|language=en}}</ref> He then served as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[Inter-State Council]] in [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Affairs Ministry]] from 2024 to 2025.<ref name="auto2"/>

In April 2025 he was appointed as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] the [[Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Public Enterprises|Department of Public Enterprises]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finance Ministry Gets New Secretaries In Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle |url=https://www.businessworld.in/article/finance-ministry-gets-new-secretaries-in-major-bureaucratic-reshuffle-554203 |access-date=9 November 2025 |website=BW Business World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2025 |title=2 IAS officers from Manipur appointed secretaries in Finance Ministry|url=https://northeastlivetv.com/around-ne/manipur/2-ias-officers-from-manipur-appointed-secretaries-in-finance-ministry/|access-date=9 November 2025|website=North East Live|language=en}}</ref>

After the retirement of Ajay Seth in July 2025, it is speculated that Chalai is the next to be appointed to the [[Finance Secretary of India]] if the rule of age convention is followed. If appointed, he could serve until 31 January 2028 until his retirement. Chalai would be first person from the North eastern community and from [[Scheduled Tribe]] that would appointed at such a higher post.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2025|title=Is K Moses Chalai Going To Be Next Finance Secy? |url=https://thesecretariat.in/article/is-k-moses-chalai-going-to-be-next-finance-secy|access-date=9 November 2025|website=The Secretariat|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 August 2025 |title=IAS Officer K Moses Chalai from Manipur May Become First Northeast Bureaucrat to Head Finance Ministry – Details Inside|url=https://indianmasterminds.com/news/ias-officer-k-moses-chalai-from-manipur-may-become-first-northeast-bureaucrat-to-head-finance-ministry-details-inside-135853/ |access-date=9 November 2025|website=India Masterminds|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 July 2025|title=Finance Ministry in limbo awaiting new Finance Secretary|url=https://www.indianmandarins.com/news/finance-ministry-in-limbo-awaiting-new-finance-secretary/31083 |access-date=10 November 2025|website=Indian Mandarins|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ministry of Finance (India)]]
* [[North Eastern Council]]
* [[Manipur]]
* [[Indian Administrative Service]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Kirori Mal College alumni]]
[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Manipur]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]
[[Category:1968 births]]

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