Jawed Usmani

Jawed Usmani
Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
17 February 2015
Preceded by Ranjit Singh Pankaj
Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
23 March 2012 – 31 May 2014
Preceded by Anoop Mishra
Succeeded by Alok Ranjan
Personal details
Born (1956-01-09) 9 January 1956
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality  Indian
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
London School of Economics
Occupation Civil servant

Jawed Usmani (Hindi: जावेद उस्मानी; Urdu: جاوید عثمانی‎) is an Indian civil servant. He currently serves as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.[1] He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014.[2][3]

Career and education

Usmani is an officer of the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).[4] Prior to appointment as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, he worked in different capacities in the Central and state governments of India, including as Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister.[4] In the international arena, Usmani was Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Minister, Economic Cooperation at the Embassy of India in Nepal.[5][6]

Usmani has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics.[7]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Jawed Usmani takes oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner", Daily News & Analysis, 17 February 2015,
  2. ↑ "New Power Centre", India Today, 31 March 2012
  3. ↑ "Alok Ranjan to be new Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary", CNN-IBN, 31 May 2014
  4. 1 2 "Jawed Usmani - Executive Record Sheet", Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India
  5. ↑ "Biography of Jawed Usmani", Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
  6. ↑ "Bureaucracy will be made transparent, accountable: State chief secretary", The Times of India, 30 March 2012
  7. ↑ "Biography of Speakers", Columbia Business School India Business Conference 2013, 27 April 2013
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