Rajive Kumar
Rajive Kumar | |
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| Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 29 June 2017 – 30 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Rahul Bhatnagar |
| Succeeded by | Anup Chandra Pandey |
| Road Transport and Highways Secretary of India Acting | |
| In office 16 May 2017 – 27 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sanjay Mitra. |
| Succeeded by | [[|Yudhvir Singh Malik]] |
| Shipping Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 December 2014 – 27 June 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rajive Kumar 28 June 1958 Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Alma mater | John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Retired IAS officer |
Rajive Kumar (born 28 June 1958) is a retired 1981 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He served as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, in addition to serving as Shipping Secertary of India.[2]
Education
Kumar holds a MPA in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,[1][2] and a MSc in physics.[1][2]
Career
Kumar has served in various key positions for both the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India, including as the commissioner of Meerut, Saharanpur and Faizabad divisions, the managing director of Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC), managing director of Uttar Pradesh State Mineral Corporation, Executive Director of Udyog Bandhu, Director (Revenue Intelligence) in the Department of Revenue, the district magistrate and collector of Mathura and Firozabad districts, and as the Vice Chairman of Mathura Development Authority in the UP government,[2][3] and as Union Roads Secretary, Union Shipping Secretary and as special secretary in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, additional secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, and as a joint secretary in Department of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance in the union government.[2][3]
Shipping Secretary
Kumar was appointed as the Shipping Secretary of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 1 December 2014.[4] He was given the additional charge of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 10 May 2017.[4][5] He demitted the offices on 20 June 2017, when his was repatriated to his state cadre by the Government of India, on the request of Uttar Pradesh government.[6]
Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
After being repatriated to his state cadre by the Union Government on the request of Uttar Pradesh government on 20 June 2017,[6] Rajive Kumar was appointed the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh government by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 29 June 2017.[2][7][8][9][10][11]
Kumar demitted the post office of chief secretary — and simultaneously supernuated from service — on 30 June 2018, serving as Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat for more than a year, and was succeeded by Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey.[12][13][14] Kumar's tenure as chief secretary was generally considered to be successful.[13][15]
References
- ^ a b c "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f "Rajive Kumar - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Board of Governors - Rajiv Kumar". World Maritime University. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "ACC Appointments". Press Information Bureau of India. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Major reshuffle of Secretaries across key Ministries". The Hindu Business Line. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Shipping secretary Rajive Kumar sent back to UP". Press Trust of India. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rajiv Kumar appointed new Chief Secretary of UP". Business Standard. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rajiv Kumar takes over as UP chief secretary". Times of India. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Seth, Maulshree (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar is Chief Secretary, 40 IAS officers moved". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Senior IAS officer Rajive Kumar Takes Over UP Chief Secretary". NDTV. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Keelor, Vandana; Mishra, Subhash (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar new chief secy, Bhatnagar GNIDA chairman". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "AC Pandey appointed new chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh". The New Indian Express. Lucknow. Express News Service. 27 June 2018. OCLC 243883379. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Anup Chandra Pandey appointed new chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh". United News of India. Lucknow. United News of India. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in|website=at position 1 (help) - ^ "My priority is redressal of public grievances: New CS". The Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 1 July 2018. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Mishra, Subhash (28 June 2018). "Kumar set an example for successors". The Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Times News Network. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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