The Chief secretary is the Head of the Uttarakhand Cabinet Secretariat Department.

The functions include providing secretarial assistance to the cabinet, ensuring the implementation of decisions, acting as the policy coordination centre, serving as a data bank of information, organizing conferences.

The Chief Secretary is an officer of Indian Administrative Service and is a member of the executive branch of the Government of Uttarakhand.

The Chief Secretary ranks 23rd on the Indian order of precedence.

[1] Radha Raturi[2][3] is the incumbent and first women Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand since 1 February 2024.