50 IAS Officers Of UP To Be Deployed As Observers In Lok Sabha Polls
Lucknow, March 8 (TNA) 50 IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre will be deployed as observers in the Lok Sabha elections. To provide necessary information to these officers regarding the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India will organize a meeting on March 11 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, an official said.
While the Commission has expected 25 IAS officers of the Uttar Pradesh cadre to be physically present in person in this meeting, 25 other officers have been asked to participate in the meeting through virtual medium. As per the instructions of the Commission, the Appointment Department has directed the concerned officers to participate in the meeting.
The IAS officers who have to personally participate in the meeting include the Director of Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management Neena Sharma, Secretary of Basic Education Aparna U, Secretary of Sports and Youth Welfare Suhas L.Y, Secretary Women Welfare B. Chandrakala, Additional Chief Executive Officer Greater Noida Sanjay Kumar Khatri, Director Women Welfare Sandeep Kaur, Special Secretary Irrigation and Water Resources Dr Hiralal, Special Secretary Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch Amarnath Upadhyay, Special Secretary Planning Pulkit Khare, Special Secretary Urban Development Amit Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Executive Officer Yamuna Expressway Authority Shruti, Special Secretary Energy Prashant Sharma, Special Secretary Handloom and Textile Industry Sheshmani Pandey.
Whereas Additional Chief Executive Officer UPDA Hari Pratap Shahi, Special Secretary Irrigation and Water Resources Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasia, Special Secretary Housing and Urban Planning Manoj Kumar II, Special Secretary Forest, Environment and Climate Change Dr Chandrabhushan, CEO Uttar Pradesh State Rural Roads. Development Authority Divya Mittal, Additional Commissioner Industries Rajkamal Yadav, Mission Director Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission Deepa Ranjan, Mission Director Skill Development Mission Ramesh Ranjan, Special Secretary IT and Electronics Neha Jain, Additional Chief Executive Officer Greater Noida Megha Rupam, Managing Director Paschimanchal Electricity Distribution Corporation Isha Duhan, Special Secretary Information and Technology Department Ravi Ranjan.
Apart from these, the officers who have to participate in the meeting through virtual medium include Principal Secretary Externally Aided Projects Pandhari Yadav, Commissioner National Capital Region Samyukta Samaddar, Milk Commissioner Shashibhushan Lal Sushil, Secretary Social Welfare Sameer Verma, Commissioner Rural Development Gauri Shankar Priyadarshi, Secretary Program Implementation Gurrala Srinivasulu, Director General School Education Kanchan Verma, Secretary Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Coordination Abhay, Secretary Medical Education Pawan Kumar, Special Secretary Higher Education Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Secretary MSME Pranjal Yadav, Secretary Secondary Education Dr. Vedpati Mishra, Inspector General in-charge Registration Dr. Rupesh Kumar, Special Secretary, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Bhupendra S. Chaudhary, Special Secretary Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch Brajesh Narayan Singh, Secretary RERA Pramod Kumar Upadhyay, Special Secretary Labor Kunal Silku and Special Secretary Agriculture Rishirendra Kumar.