The Vice-President’s secretariat commenced functioning in the year 1952. The total staff strength of the secretariat is 62.
The Secretary to the Vice-President is the head of the secretariat. This post has been generally held by an officer of the rank of Additional Secretary /Secretary, Government of India. The Secretary to the Vice-President is assisted by senior officers of the rank of Director /Officer on Special Duty/Private Secretary /Under Secretaries, and other executive, ministerial and operational staff.
In terms of the statutory requirements of the Right to Information Act 2005, Shri Abhyuday Singh Shekhawat, OSD to the Vice-President of India have been appointed as Appellate Authority and Transparency Officer, Shri Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Under Secretary as Central Public Information Officer and Shri Chandan Deekshith Goli, Section Officer as Assistant Central Public Information Officer in the Vice-President’s Secretariat.
| NAME | DESIGNATION | TEL. NO. Off. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta, IAS | Secretary to the Vice-President of India | 23017210 | secyvp[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Rajesh N. Naik, IFS | OSD to the Vice-President of India | 23016344 | osd-vpi[at]gov[dot]in |
| Shri Sujeet Kumar, IAS | Private Secretary to the Vice-President of India | 23016344, 23016422 | ps-vps[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Abhyuday Singh Shekhawat | OSD to the Vice-President of India | 23016344 | |
| Smt. Sarita Chauhan | Under Secretary | 23018684 | ddo-vps[at]nic[dot]in sarita[dot]chauhan[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Pawan Singh Bist | Under Secretary | 23018684 | pawan[dot]singh[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Dinesh | Assistant Private Secretary to the Vice-President of India | 23017124 | |
| Shri Sanjay Verma | Assistant Private Secretary to the Vice-President of India | 23017124 | |
| Shri Chandan Deekshith Goli | Section Officer | 23018210 | |
| Shri Ashish Anand | Section Officer | 23015065 | |
| Shri Vishu Kumar Choudhary | Section Officer | 23018684 |
| Media Wing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shri Mahar Singh | Information Officer to the Vice President of India | 23016344, Ext-271 | vpsectt[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Koganti Rohit | Assistant Director (Media & Communications) | 23016344, Ext-279 | vpsectt[at]nic[dot]in |
| Shri Anoop Meena | Assistant Director (Media & Communications) | 23016344, Ext-207 | |
| Ms. Deepali Pandit | Asst. Information Officer | 23016344, Ext-265 | |
