Kunji Lal Meena IAS: In 2025, a Career of Great Endurance
Kunji, a mid-career which had its challenges, and which in the end saw him in very senior positions. He has been at the head of key development and infrastructure departments in the state of Rajasthan.
Biography, Batch, and Urban Experience
Born 1969 on January 4th, 2025, at age 56. He is a part of the 1995 batch of the IA, S, which includes the Rajasthan Cadre. Also a B.A. and M.A. graduate, he built a strong academic base for what was to be a very long administrative career.
The turning point in his career was when he served as Principal Secretary at the Urban Development and Housing (UDH) Department in 2021. That role is reported to be the most powerful and demanding in the state, which includes responsibility for infrastructure projects, urbanplanningn and key housing projects. Also, this came after what were very important postings as Divisional Commissioner and District Collector, in which he got grassroots experience.
Promotions, Challenges, and 2025 Status
In 202,5, tha, was a very large professional achievement for him. Although there was an issue back in the 25’-which at the time had do do with a bribery case (when the Anti Corrupt Bureau at the end gave clean report to Meena in late 2024) that didn’t stop him to be one of the three out of the ‘95 batch to get his promotion to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) rank in the that February 2025’ go which in turn secured his place in the top level of the state bureaucracy.

Following which, upon his promotion and a time he served as Chairman of Indira Gandhi Nahar Board (which is a very important water management authority), he was transferred. As of November 2025 it is that Kunji Lal Meena is the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Tribal Area Development Department in the Rajasthan Government town of Jaipur. His post is one that uses up his extensive experience for the sensitive and very important task of development and welfare of the state’s tribal populations. Also, his career is a study that senior civil servants must at times put aside personal issues in the public service.
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