Vijaylaxmi Joshi
IAS, Gujarat cadre (1980 per NDTV; 1979 per The Hindu)
398days after leaving Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Secretary/head, Swachh Bharat Mission (Drinking Water & Sanitation). Then Adani Enterprises Ltd.
The cooling-off rule
VRS release to AEL appointment
The rule: AIS (DCRB) rule 26: one year.
Over one year.
Before and after
Documented
Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Secretary/head, Swachh Bharat Mission (Drinking Water & Sanitation)
398 days after leaving.
Documented
Adani Enterprises Ltd
Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent)
the Board of Directors of the Company vide circular resolution dated December 2, 2016 has appointed Mrs. Vijaylaxmi Joshi as an Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent) of the Company
What the office had to do with the company
She was Joint/Additional Secretary in the Commerce Ministry 2011-2014 (AEL bio), the ministry that administers SEZs including Adani's Mundra SEZ; no specific decision by her found.
Sources
Dates and filings placed side by side; being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing. Sources were opened on Oct 2026.
Photo: Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of India, via Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India