Saket Kumar, a 2009-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed as private secretary to Union Home Minister Amit Shah until July 2023. In 2018, Kumar was appointed as private secretary to Manoj Sinha, who was MoS (Independent Charge) for Communications and MoS Railways at the time. A native of Madhubani, Kumar secured AIR 13 in UPSC exam.