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Sewali Devi Sharma Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth14 November 1964

Age58 Years (as of 2022)

BirthplaceKamrup Metropolitan, Assam

ProfessionCivil Servant

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

FamilyDaughter - Bijeta Sharma

Sewali Devi Sharma Biography

Sewali Devi Sharma is an Indian civil servant from Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam, who served in a range of administrative and education department posts and,

Early life and background
Sewali Devi Sharma was born on 14 November 1964 in Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and is an Indian national. Her recorded height is approximately 165 cm (5'5"), with black hair and black eyes. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio.

Career
Sharma’s public service career spans several decades and a number of administrative roles across Assam. Early in her career she held field-level posts including Circle Officer (A) at Dotma in 1992 and Extra Assistant Commissioner assignments through the 1990s in Morigaon, Pragjyotishpur and Nalbari. She also served as Administrative Officer in the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare and as Deputy Director of Panchayat and Rural Development.

Throughout the 2000s and 2010s Sharma moved into departmental and secretariat positions. She served as Sub Divisional Officer (Sadar) from late 2006 into 2007, then worked in transformation and planning departments as Under Secretary and later Deputy Secretary. She held posts in the Cultural Affairs Department and then moved into the education sector, serving as Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary of Education (Elementary). In May 2020 she was appointed Secretary of Education (Elementary).

Sharma was later Secretary to the Government of Assam in the Agriculture Department in 2021. In July 2021 she received promotion to the Indian Administrative Service in the Assam‑Meghalaya cadre. Her official salary range reported in 2022 was between Rs. 1,23,100 and Rs. 2,15,900.

Training and administrative development
Her record includes completion of several in‑service trainings: a mandatory two‑week course in June–July 2008, sessions on the Right to Information Act for ACS officers in November 2011, and computer training for ACS officers at Assam Administrative Staff College in September 2013.

Public profile
Sharma is recorded as married and has a daughter named Bijeta Sharma. Details about her spouse are not provided in available records. Her hometown and birthplace are both listed as Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam.

Controversy and legal actions
In 2023, Sharma’s tenure as Executive cum Director of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) became the focus of official inquiries. In March 2023 the Assam government suspended her under the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, in connection with reported financial irregularities relating to the operation of certain SCERT accounts. Subsequent media reports in April 2023 alleged involvement in larger financial irregularities and accusations concerning contracts and project work; those reports identified others who were also investigated. In May 2023 the Chief Minister’s vigilance cell reported arresting Sharma and a relative who is described as her son‑in‑law while they were in Rajasthan. The available material records these developments as part of official inquiry and enforcement actions.

Latest updates
As of the last available records in 2023, the suspension and investigation into financial irregularities connected to SCERT were ongoing and had resulted in detention by the vigilance cell. No further outcomes or resolutions are recorded in the provided information.

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Recent Work

Secretary of Education (Elementary), Government of Assam

Appointed as Secretary of Education (Elementary) on 15 May 2020; later served as Secretary to the Government of Assam, Agriculture Department in 2021 and was promoted to IAS in July 2021.

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Career Highlights

  1. Held multiple field and administrative roles across Assam including Circle Officer, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Sub Divisional Officer and Deputy Director of Panchayat and Rural Development.
  2. Served in transformation, cultural affairs and education departments, culminating as Secretary of Education (Elementary) in May 2020.
  3. Promoted to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the Assam‑Meghalaya cadre in July 2021.
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