Rahul Bhatnagar

Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar
Sports Secretary of India
In office
11 October 2017 – 30 September 2019
Preceded byInjeti Srinivas
Succeeded byRadheshyam Julaniya
Chairman of Greater NOIDA
In office
29 June 2017 – 10 October 2017
Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
In office
13 September 2016 – 28 June 2017
Preceded byDeepak Singhal
Succeeded byRajive Kumar
Personal details
Born
Rahul C S

(1959-09-24) 24 September 1959 (age 65)
New Delhi, India[1]
Nationality Indian
OccupationIAS officer

Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar is a retired 1983 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Education

Rahul Bhatnagar has a graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Physics.[1][2] He also has a postgraduate degree in Economics (MA:Economics) and a MPhil degree.[1][2]

Career

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,[2] 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.[2]

Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh

Rahul Bhatnagar was appointed the Chief Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner and Principal Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 13 September 2016.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He was transferred from office by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 28 June 2017.[9][10]

Sports Secretary

Rahul Bhatnagar was appointed as the Union Sports Secretary and Director General of Sports Authority of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 11 October 2017 and served the office till 30 September 2019.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 5. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ^ Rashid, Omar (13 September 2016). "Rahul Bhatnagar appointed U.P. Chief Secretary". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ "New Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar Assumes Charge". NDTV. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. ^ "UP Chief Secy shunted out, Rahul Bhatnagar new CS". The Economic Times. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Rahul Bhatnagar becomes new UP chief secretary". Business Standard. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. ^ Rajput, Vinod (14 September 2016). "UP chief secretary Deepak Singhal removed during Noida visit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  8. ^ Keelor, Vandana (6 February 2017). "Uttar Pradesh chief secretary reviews Noida Metro". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  9. ^ Keelor, Vandana; Mishra, Subhash (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar new chief secy, Bhatnagar GNIDA chairman". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. ^ Keelor, Vandana (7 July 2017). "Former chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar is new head of GNIDA". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. ^ Keelor, Vandana (13 October 2017). "Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority chief appointed Union sports secretary in rejig". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Rahul Bhatnagar is back with Sports Ministry as Secretary". The Economic Times. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  13. ^ Mishra, Asit Ranjan (11 October 2017). "Bureaucratic reshuffle: Cabinet appoints 11 secretaries in various govt departments". Livemint. HT Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 October 2017.