Chaudhary Lal Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. He was Minister for Forest,Environment,Ecology of J&K in PDP-BJP coalition government in J&K. He represents the Basohli constituency in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and is president of the Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathan.
Narinder Nath Vohra,popularly referred as N. N. Vohra,is a retired 1959 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12th governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteen years after Jagmohan.
The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art,Culture and Languages is a Society registered with Government as a Cultural organization dedicated to the promotion of regional languages,art and culture including theatre in Jammu and Kashmir,India.
Masud Choudhary is a prominent educator,social reformer,thinker and a former administrator of Jammu and Kashmir union territory. He is the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri,J&K. He is also the Chief Patron of the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust. He has also served as ADGP in J&K Police(IPS)
Shah Faesal is an Indian bureaucrat currently posted as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture (India) In 2010,he became the first Kashmiri to place first in the Indian Civil Services Examination. He tendered his resignation from the Indian bureaucracy in protest on 9 January 2019,citing "unabated killings" in Kashmir among other things,which,reportedly,was "never accepted" by the central government and he even withdrew the same later.
Muhammad Ashraf Bukhari,also known as Syed Muhammad Ashraf Bukhari is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Jammu and Kashmir cadre currently posted as the chairman of the prestigious Board of professional entrance examinationJ&K Ashraf Bukhari has also served as Commissioner/Secretary,Agriculture Production Department Jammu and Kashmir. and is the longest served Commissioner/Secretary to the government GAD for as long as two years.
Jaipal Singh Law is a former bureaucrat and a member of the J&K Public Service Commission,a constitutional body under the erstwhile J&K and Indian constitutions. A retired officer of the Jammu &Kashmir government in India who superannuated from service in 2014. He retired as the Director of The State's Technical Education Department and as one of the seven Directors forming an executive body of the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE). He was the head of the Directorate General of YSS J&K and The Secretary of the Sports Council. He is the chairman of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) legal committee,the head of the Hostel Development committee of the Youth Hostels Association Of India (YHAI) and holds positions in other semi-government bodies. He has served as DM in Anantnag and Rajouri districts over especially disturbed spells of time (2008–12). He is responsible for the successful conduct of the first Kashmir Premier League,the Amarnath Yatra,and for relief work after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. He was the observer for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,Leh elections in 2013.
Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh is an Indian politician and was the last Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. On 1 March 2015,he assumed the charge of the Minister for Power Development and Housing and Urban Development.
Chering Dorjay is an Indian politician and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Dorjay was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council from the Assembly Kashmir (Ladakh). He was Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs in Jammu and Kashmir till 19 June 2018.
Sidhra is a town and municipality in the city of Jammu in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Liaqat Jafri is an Indian poet,scholar and researcher of Urdu. He has authored books and serves as editor of Alla Taleem magazine,published by Department of Higher Education,Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He represented Jammu and Kashmir in International Festivals and Mushairas held in UAE,South Asia and elsewhere. His poems have gone viral including his popular poem about Narendra Modi. He writes songs for Bollywood movies.
The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh(sic) is the governing authority of the Indian union territory of Ladakh and its two districts. The Administration is led by a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the President of India who acts on behalf of the central Government of India. Ladakh does not have an elected legislative assembly. The two districts of Ladakh both elect their own autonomous district council-the Leh Autonomous Hill development council and the Kargil Autonomous Hill development Council,which have competence over a range of domestic affairs.
Owais Ahmed Rana is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre. He is serving as the Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate of Bandipore in North Kashmir region of J&K Union Territory.
Zafar Choudhary is an Indian journalist,author,policy analyst,and practitioner of peace-building. He is founder and Chief Editor of The Dispatch. Educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science,he is Asia Society Fellow (2012). He was born in a remote village Rehan in district Rajouri,Jammu and Kashmir. He did his early schooling in his native government school. His father Late Shri Choudhary Salam Din was a revenue officer and was a man of high morals who encouraged Choudhary and helped him at every situation in life. Choudhary went from studying under a tree to having a post graduate degree in one of the world’s most prestigious universities. His continuous struggle paved the way for his siblings (3) to achieve heights in their lives. His regular analysis on the Political situation of Jammu And Kashmir is quite remarkable. Choudhary remains a great source of political analytics not only for his viewers but also for the politicians of the erstwhile state and centre.
Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He is an Advocate by profession and was part of the 11th and 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Darhal constituency. He is a second-generation politician whose father Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain was a renowned politician in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Zulfkar has also served as Cabinet Minister under the Chief Ministership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti 2015 to 2018. He was associated with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and served as district chief of the party for district Rajouri 2003 to 2013. He resigned from the PDP and became one of the founding member of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. Presently Vice President of the party. Ali has been Honoured with Best Legislature 2012. As a Cabinet Minister,Ali headed various portfolios. Zulfkar also implemented the national food security act (NFSA) in the state and launched a food for poor scheme (MMSFES).
Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain was an Indian politician and bureaucrat. He was part of 4th,6th,8th and 9th Jammu and Kashmir state Legislative assembly. He represented the Darhal Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rajouri district of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir for 5 times. He was first elected as MLA from this seat,on the mandate of Indian national congress in 1967 and 1969. He remained district chief of the INC for a long period. In 1972 he was denied the mandate by the INC,In 1975 he joined Jammu and Kashmir national conference headed by Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah. In 1977 he contested the elections from the same vidhan sabha seat on the mandate of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and was elected for 3rd time to the Vidhan Sabha. He was inducted in the council of ministers of Sheikh Mohmmed Abdullah Ministry. In 1983 he lost the elections to INC candidate and veteran spiritual gujjar leader with a very thin margin. In 1987,general elections to Jammu and Kashmir vidhan sabha,he was again elected to represent this constituency. Again,in 1996 elected to vidhan sabha for,and was again inducted in the council of ministers headed by Dr Farooq Abdullah which he held till his death 30 September 2002. He also served as Block Development Officer from 1957 to 1967. As a minister he headed the revenue,relief and rehabilitation,rural development and Panchayati Raj cooperatives departments etc. His younger son Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali also represents Darhal in 11th and 12th Assemblies and was a cabinet minister in the Mufti Mohommad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti Governments.
