Rajive Kumar | |
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Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh | |
Assumed office 29 June 2017 |
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Preceded by | Rahul Bhatnagar |
Road Secretary of India | |
In office 16 May 2017 – 27 June 2017 |
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Shipping Secretary of India | |
In office 1 December 2014 – 27 June 2017 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Rajive Kumar 28 June 1958 Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh |
Nationality |
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Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | IAS officer |
Rajive Kumar is a 1981 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
Rajive holds a Post Graduate degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University, and is also a Post Graduate in Phsysics (MSc).
Apart from being the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Rajive Kumar has served in various key positions for both the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Union Government, 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, the District Magistrate and Collector of Mathura and Firozabad districts, and as the Vice Chairman of Mathura Development Authority in the UP government, and as Union Roads Secretary, Union Shipping Secretary and as Special Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, Joint Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance in in the Union government.