Jawed Usmani

Jawed Usmani
Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
17 February 2015
Preceded by Ranjit Singh Pankaj
Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
23 March 2012 – 31 May 2014
Preceded by Anoop Mishra
Succeeded by Alok Ranjan
Personal details
Born Jawed Usmani
(1956-01-09) 9 January 1956
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality  Indian
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
London School of Economics
Occupation IAS officer (retired)

Jawed Usmani (Hindi: जावेद उस्मानी; Urdu: جاوید عثمانی‎) is a retired IAS officer. He currently serves as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.[1] He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014.[2][3]

Education

Usmani has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics.[4]

Career

Usmani is an officer of the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.[5] Prior to appointment as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, he worked in different capacities in the government of India, including as Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister.[6] In the international arena, Usmani was Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Minister (Economic Cooperation) at the Embassy of India in Nepal.[7][8]

Jawed's important assignments in the state government included, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister, Managing Director and CEO of UP State Cement Corporation, and District Magistrate and Collector of Gorakhpur and Bulandshahr districts. After his removal from the post of Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Government, Usmani served as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue.[5]

Jawed took voluntary retirement (VRS) from the Indian Administrative Service in February 2015, and was subsequently appointed the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.

Bibliography

  • Vachani, Sushil; Usmani, Jawed, eds. (2014). Adaptation To Climate Change In Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781781954720.

References

  1. ↑ "Jawed Usmani takes oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner", Daily News & Analysis, 17 February 2015,
  2. ↑ "New Power Centre", India Today, 31 March 2012
  3. ↑ "Alok Ranjan to be new Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary", CNN-IBN, 31 May 2014
  4. ↑ "Biography of Speakers", Columbia Business School India Business Conference 2013, 27 April 2013
  5. 1 2 "Jawed Usmani - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jawed Usmani - Executive Record Sheet", Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India
  7. ↑ "Biography of Jawed Usmani", Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
  8. ↑ "Bureaucracy will be made transparent, accountable: State chief secretary", The Times of India, 30 March 2012
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