Pradeep Kumar Sinha

Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Pradīpa Kumāra Sinhā
Sinha in 2017
31st Cabinet Secretary of India
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
President Pranab Mukherjee (2015–2017)
Ram Nath Kovind (2017–)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2015-–2017)
Venkaiah Naidu (2017–)
Preceded by Ajit Seth
Power Secretary of India
In office
1 July 2013 – 1 June 2015
Appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Shipping Secretary of India
In office
29 February 2012 – 31 June 2013
Appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born Pradeep Kumar Sinha
(1955-07-18) 18 July 1955
Delhi, India[1]
Nationality Indian
Alma mater St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
Delhi School of Economics
Occupation IAS officer
Profession Civil servant

Pradeep Kumar Sinha (born born 18 July 1955; IAST: Pradīpa Kumāra Sinhā) is a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who is the 31st Cabinet Secretary of India.[2]

Prior to this appointment he served as the Power Secretary of India, and was the Shipping Secretary of India before that.[2]

Education

Sinha is an economics graduate from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi,[1][3][4][5][6] and holds a postgraduate degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi.[1][3][4][5] He holds an MPhil degree as well.[1][3][4][5][6]

Career

Sinha has served in various key posts in both the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, such as Principal Secretary (Irrigation), commissioner of Varanasi division, Investment Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, additional CEO of Greater Noida, additional resident commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, the district magistrate and collector of districts of Agra and Jaunpur, secretary of Uttaranchal Development Authority and as the vice chairman of Meerut Development Authority in the Uttar Pradesh government,[3] and as the Cabinet Secretary of India, Union Power Secretary, Union Shipping Secretary, special secretary and financial advisor in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, joint secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Indian government.[3]

Shipping Secretary

Sinha was appointed as the Union Shipping Secretary by the prime minister-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in February 2012, he assumed office on 1 February 2012,[3] and demitted it on 31 June 2013.[3]

Power Secretary

Sinha lighting the lamp to inaugurate Indian power stations in 2014

Sinha was appointed as the Union Power Secretary by the ACC in June 2013,[7] he assumed office on 1 July 2013,[3] and demitted it on 1 June 2015,[3] when he was designated to become the Cabinet Secretary of India.

Sinha addressing a meet in New Delhi in September 2015

Cabinet Secretary

Sinha and Jitendra Singh receiving the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi

Sinha was appointed the Cabinet Secretary of India on May 29, 2015 by the ACC.[2][8][9][5][10] He succeeded Ajit Seth. He served as an officer of special (OSD), in the rank of secretary, in the Cabinet Secretariat till Seth's retirement,[2][4][8][9][5][10][11] formally taking charge as Cabinet Secretary on June 13, 2015.[2][4][8][9][5][10][11][12][13]

The union government constituted a selection committee headed by Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha for the shortlisting of candidates for Reserve Bank India governorship following the end of Raghuram Rajan's term in September 2016.[14] Urjit Patel was appointed as Governor of RBI, with effect from 04 September 2016.[15]

On April 25, 2017, Sinha got an extension of one year as Cabinet Secretary.[16][17][18][19][20] Sinha was granted another one year extension in May 2018 by the ACC.[21][22][23]

During his tenure as the Cabinet Secretary, Sinha, has been widely regarded as one of the most powerful people in India.[5][6][24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 13. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Pradeep Kumar Sinha appointed new Cabinet secretary". Times of India. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "P.K. Sinha - Executive Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Bhaskar, Utpal (May 30, 2015). "Pradeep Kumar Sinha named new cabinet secretary". Live Mint. HT Media Ltd. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PK Sinha to be next cabinet secretary: All you should know about India's most powerful bureaucrat". Firstpost. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "From Power Secretary to the most powerful bureaucrat". Business Line. The Hindu. May 29, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Government appoints PK Sinha as power secretary". The Times of India. New Delhi. June 28, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Shri P.K. Sinha appointed Cabinet Secretary". Press Information Bureau of India. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "P.K. Sinha appointed Cabinet Secretary". The Hindu. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "PK Sinha appointed cabinet secretary by Narendra Modi". The Economic Times. May 30, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Pradeep Kumar Sinha Appointed as New Cabinet Secretary". NDTV. May 29, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha takes charge". Livemint. HT Media Ltd. June 13, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Pradeep Kumar Sinha assumes charge as cabinet secretary". NewsX. June 13, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ Saha, Manojit (May 31, 2016). "Cabinet Secretary to head search panel for RBI deputy governor". The Hindu. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  15. ↑ "RBI Governor row: Raghuram Rajan exits, Urjit Patel in". Zee News. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  16. ↑ Langa, Mahesh (April 25, 2017). "P.K. Sinha gets a year's extension". The Hindu. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  17. ↑ Langa, Mahesh (April 25, 2017). "Cabinet Secretary Sinha gets extension". The Hindu. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha gets one year extension". Daily Excelsior. April 24, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha Gets 1-Year Extension". NDTV. April 24, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha gets one year extension". Press Trust of India. New Delhi. April 24, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  21. ↑ Sharma, Aman (May 7, 2018). "Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha gets extension till 2019". The Economic Times. The Times Group. OCLC 61311680. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  22. ↑ Prasad, Gireesh Chandra (May 7, 2018). "Cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha gets another one-year extension". Livemint. New Delhi: Vivek Khanna. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Cabinet secretary PK Sinha gets another one-year extension". Hindustan Times. HT Correspondent. New Delhi. May 7, 2018. ISSN 0972-0243. OCLC 231696742. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  24. ↑ Unnithan, Sandeep (April 13, 2017). "The game changers". India Today. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
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