| Birth Date: | 9 September 1968 |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Education: | Bachelor of Engineering |
| Office: | Indian Administrative Service Officer |
| Birth Place: | Punjab, India |
Gagandeep Singh Bedi (Hindi: गगनदीप सिंह बेदी, born 9 September 1968) is an Indian civil servant, currently serving as the Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department) to the Government of Tamil Nadu in India. He is known for his crisis management and relief work at Cuddalore during the Tsunami in December 2004,[1] floods in 2015 [2] [3] and the Thoothukudi violence in May 2018.[4]
Gagandeep Singh Bedi was born in Hoshiarpur, a city in the Indian state of Punjab, in 1968.[5] He completed his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical and Electronic Communications at the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Gagandeep Singh Bedi began his career as a lecturer at the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology from 1989 to 1991.[6]
In 1991, he was selected for the Indian Engineering Services and got a posting in Indian Railways. In 1993, he cleared his IAS exam and was allotted Tamil Nadu Cadre.
From 1999 to 2001, Commissioner of Corporation in Madurai.[7]
From June 11, 2001 to July 15, 2003, Bedi was the district collector of Kanyakumari.[8]
He served as the collector of Cuddalore from July 16, 2003, to January 5, 2007.[9]
From 2010 to 2011, Gagandeep Singh Bedi served as the managing director of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board in Chennai.He became Secretary to Government Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries Department from 2011-13,Secretary Revenue Department from 2013-2014, Secretary Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department from 2013-2016 and Principal Secretary Agriculture of Tamil Nadu for a five year period from 2016-2021.[10] [11]
In May 2021, Bedi assumed office as the New Chennai Corporation Commissioner.[12]
After the reshuffle in 2023,[13] Gagandeep Singh Bedi served as the Secretary of Health Department for more than a year before moving on to Rural development and Panchayati Raj department as Additional Chief Secretary.