Shri Giridhar Aramane, an Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) (AP:88), appointed as Defence Secretary from 1 November, 2022 and retired on 31st October, 2024.

Prior to this assignment, Shri Aramane was Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) from April, 2020. Earlier, he was Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat.

Shri Aramane did his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and M.Tech. from IIT, Madras. He has also done M.Α. (Economics) from Kakatheya University, Warangal.

In his 32 years of experience in the Indian Administrative Service, Shri Aramane has held various important portfolios in the State Government of Andhra Pradesh as well as in the Central Government. In the Cabinet Secretariat, Shri Aramane looked after the work of Cabinet Affairs as Additional Secretary.

Apart from Cabinet Secretariat, Shri Aramane looked after Exploration Division in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas; and was Executive Director in-charge of inspections in Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority. In the Andhra Pradesh Government, he served as Principal Secretary in Urban Development Department, Managing Director of AP State Finance Corporation, and Secretary (Finance Department). He also held the post of the Collector & DM of Chittoor and Khammam Districts.