Sanjay Mitra (civil servant)
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Sanjay Mitra (left) with Nitin Gadkari (right) in June 2016.
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| 38th Defence Secretary of India | |
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Assumed office 25 May 2017 |
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| Preceded by | G. Mohan Kumar |
| Road Transport and Highways Secretary of India | |
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In office 1 January 2016 – 10 May 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Vijay Chibber |
| Succeeded by | Yudhvir Malik |
| Chief Secretary of West Bengal | |
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In office 30 September 2012 – 27 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Samar Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Basudev Banerjee |
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Sanjay Mitra 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.
Sanjay Mitra holds graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Physics. He also holds postgraduate degree in Economics. Mitra also holds a postgraduate (MPA) in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Edward S. Mason Fellowship).
Apart from serving as the Union Defence Secretary, Sanjay Mitra has served in various key positions for both Union and West Bengal governments, 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, 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.
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