Rajive Kumar

Rajive Kumar
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
(1958-06-28) 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 addressing a workshop.

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

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rajive Kumar - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Board of Governors - Rajiv Kumar". World Maritime University. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "ACC Appointments". Press Information Bureau of India. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Major reshuffle of Secretaries across key Ministries". The Hindu Business Line. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Shipping secretary Rajive Kumar sent back to UP". Press Trust of India. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rajiv Kumar appointed new Chief Secretary of UP". Business Standard. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rajiv Kumar takes over as UP chief secretary". Times of India. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. ↑ Seth, Maulshree (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar is Chief Secretary, 40 IAS officers moved". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Senior IAS officer Rajive Kumar Takes Over UP Chief Secretary". NDTV. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Keelor, Vandana; Mishra, Subhash (30 Jun 2017). "Rajive Kumar new chief secy, Bhatnagar GNIDA chairman". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. 1 2 "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ 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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