Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar | |
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Sports Secretary of India | |
Assumed office 11 October 2017 |
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Chairman of Greater NOIDA | |
In office 29 June 2017 – 10 October 2017 |
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Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 13 September 2016 – 28 June 2017 |
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Preceded by | Deepak Singhal |
Succeeded by | Rajive Kumar |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar 24 September 1959 New Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | IAS officer |
Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar is a 1983 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Sports Secretary of India and Director General of Sports Authority of India.
Rahul Bhatnagar has a graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Physics. He also has a postgraduate degree in Economics (MA:Economics) and a MPhil degree.
Rahul Bhatnagar has served in various key positions for both Uttar Pradesh and Union Governments, like as the Chief Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner and Principal Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, Chairman of Greater Noida and Investment Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, Principal Secretary (Finance) and Finance Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, Principal Secretary (Institutional Finance), Principal Secretary (Sugarcane) and Sugarcane Development Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, District Magistrate and Collector of Gorakhpur and Shahjahanpur districts, Vice Chairman of Ayodhya-Faizabad Development Authority and as the Commissioner of Rural Housing in Uttar Pradesh Government, and as Joint Secretary in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Director in the Department of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance in the Union Government.