Sanjay Mitra (civil servant)

Sanjay Mitra
Sanjay Mitra addressing a conference in November 2016.
38th Defence Secretary of India
Assumed office
25 May 2017
Preceded by G. Mohan Kumar
Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation[1]
In office
29 May 2018 – 25 August 2018[2]
Preceded by S Christopher
Succeeded by G. Satheesh Reddy
Road Transport and Highways Secretary of India
In office
1 January 2016 – 10 May 2017
Preceded by Vijay Chibber
Succeeded by Yudhvir Malik
Chief Secretary of West Bengal
In office
30 September 2012 – 27 December 2015
Preceded by Samar Ghosh
Succeeded by Basudev Banerjee
Personal details
Born Sanjay Mitra
(1959-05-06) 6 May 1959
Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Occupation IAS officer

Sanjay Mitra (born 6 May 1959) is a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. He is the current Defence Secretary of India. Before assuming the office of Union Defence Secretary, he was the Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of West Bengal.On 28th May, he was given the additional charge of chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO). He has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development (DoDRD) and Chairman, DRDO for a period of three months.

Education

Mitra holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in physics,[3][4] a postgraduate degree in Economics,[3][4] and an MPA in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[3][4]

Career

Mitra has served in various positions for both Union and West Bengal governments,[3][4] like as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), Chairman and Managing Director of Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) and Orissa Thermal Power Corporation (OTPCL) (on deputation to Odisha cadre), Resident Commissioner of West Bengal and as the District Magistrate and Collector of North 24 Parganas district in the Government of West Bengal,[3][4] and as the Union Road Transport Secretary, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Union Government.[3][4]

Mitra also served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).[3]

Chief Secretary of West Bengal

Mitra was appointed as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal by the Chief Minister of West Bengal in September 2012.[3][5][6][7] He assumed the office of the Chief Secretary of the state on 30 September 2012 and demitted it on 27 December 2015, after being the state's top bureaucrat for three years.[3]

Road Transport and Highway Secretary

Mitra (right) in a press conference with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Mitra was appointed as the Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in December 2015,[3][8][9] he assumed the office on 1 January 2016 and demitted it on 10 May 2017.[3]

Defence Secretary

Mitra was appointed as the Union Defence Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in May 2017,[3][10][11][12] succeeding G. Mohan Kumar. Mitra served as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), in the rank of Secretary, till Kumar's retirement, he formally took charge on 25 May 2017.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/index.jsp?pg=secretary-drdo.jsp. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "G. Satheesh Reddy appointed as new DRDO chairman". 25 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Sanjay Mitra - Executive Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sanjay Mitra Takes Over as the New Defence Secretary". Press Information Bureau of India. May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sanjay Mitra Bengal's new Chief Secretary". Business Standard. Kolkata. October 1, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sanjay Mitra is new Bengal Chief Secretary". The Hindu. Kolkata. October 1, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sanjay Mitra takes over as Bengal`s new Chief Secretary". Zee News. Kolkata. September 30, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Sharma, Aman (December 29, 2015). "West Bengal Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra is new Roads Secretary". The Economic Times. New Delhi. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sanjay Mitra is new secretary of road transport, highways". Hindustan Times. December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ Ahuja, Rajesh (May 10, 2017). "West Bengal cadre IAS officer Sanjay Mitra to be next defence secretary". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sanjay Mitra appointed as new Defense Secretary". New Delhi. May 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Central government departments get new secretaries, Sanjay Mitra gets Defence". The Economic Times. May 11, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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