Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh,India. It was declared an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act. IIT Kanpur is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in India.
The National Security Council (NSC) of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister's Office on matters of national security and strategic interest. It was established by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 19 November 1998,with Brajesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor.
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) is the premier engineering training institute under the Department of Defence Research &Development,Ministry of Defence,Government of India. DIAT (DU) is specialized in the training of officers of Defence Research Organizations,IOFS,Defence PSUs,ship building agencies like Garden Reach Shipbuilders &Engineers,Cochin and Goa Shipyards,Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and armed forces of friendly countries and other central and state government agencies.
Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) between November 2009 and December 2014 as Chairman of Space Commission,Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO. Prior to this,he was the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (2007-2009) and Director of National Remote Sensing Agency (2005-2008) of the Department of Space. He had a brief stint of five years (2000-2005) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences as Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
The Samarth-class offshore patrol vessel are a series of eleven offshore patrol vessels being built by Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard. The construction of Samarth class was motivated by a desire to triple the Coast Guard assets in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are an improvement over the earlier Sankalp class,with a larger beam and more powerful engines. The ships are being constructed in two batches—a batch of six ordered in May 2012 that was completed in December 2017 and a follow-on batch of five ordered in August 2016.
Vineet Joshi is currently Chief Secretary of Manipur. Previously,he served as Director-General of National Testing Agency (NTA),which is responsible for conducting entrance examinations in India. He also served as the resident commissioner of Manipur Government. IAS Vineet Joshi was re-appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on February 14,2022,after which he was succeeded by IAS Nidhi Chhibber.
Radha Krishna Mathur is a retired Indian IAS officer and Indian bureaucrat,who is served as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh from 2019 to 2023. He retired as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC) in November 2018. Mathur had retired as the India's Defence Secretary,two years after being appointed to the post on 25 May 2013. He was also the Defence Production Secretary of India,Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary of India and the Chief Secretary of Tripura.
Rajiv Gauba is an Indian civil servant serving as the current Cabinet Secretary of India since 2019. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the 1982 batch of Jharkhand cadre. Prior to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary,he was Home Secretary of India. His tenure as the Cabinet Secretary of India has been extended 4 times by 1 year durations by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) which is chaired by the Prime Minister of India
The Home Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This post is held by a senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla. All Central Forces including the CRPF,CISF,BSF and State Police Forces are under the Union Home Secretary.
Sanjay Mitra is a retired 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of West Bengal cadre. He served as Defence Secretary of India,and prior to that as Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary,and the Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Mitra also served—on an acting basis—as the chairperson of the Defence Research and Development Organisation for a period of three months.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Maharashtra cadre. He is former Finance Secretary of India. He is also former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),the nodal agency of Government of India responsible for implementing Aadhaar. He also worked as the chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network from September 2017 to March 2021. Currently,he is serving as Chairman of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).
Ajay Prakash Sawhney is a retired 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He has served as the Secretary to the Government of India,at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Joy Vazhayil,also known as V. P. Joy,is an Indian poet,writer,researcher,and administrator. He is also known for books and research papers on the energy policy and also on philosophy of education,mind and metaphysics. He has published several literary works in Malayalam language,mainly poetic compositions.
Awanish Kumar Awasthi is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre,from the 1987 batch.
Rajesh Khullar is an Indian bureaucrat and Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,Haryana. Previously,he was Executive Director at the World Bank Group representing India,Bangladesh,Bhutan,and Sri Lanka. Khullar is a retired 1988 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.
Tom Jose is an Indian civil servant retired as the Chief Secretary,Government of Kerala. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging 1984 batch of Kerala cadre. He served as Chairman of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) from 2021 to 2022.
Kandathil Mathew Abraham is a retired Indian IAS officer who is currently serving as Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Executive Vice Chairperson of Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council. He retired as the Chief Secretary of Kerala in December 2017. He belongs to the 1982 batch of IAS. He was instrumental in bringing out the Sahara Group Scam when he was a member of Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Ashok Kumar Gupta was an Indian civil servant and served as the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India. He was formerly Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Defence Production as well as CMD,Tamil Nadu Cements;Special Secretary (Finance),Government of Tamil Nadu;and District Magistrate,Villupuram. He has also served on the Boards of Central and State PSUs such as Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.,Heavy Engineering Corporation,and Tamil Nadu Cements. Gupta has contributed to the formulation of the Centre's Automobile Policy,Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana,and ‘Make’Procedure in defence procurement.
Presently,Saurabh Garg is Secretary of Department of Social Justice &Empowerment,Govt. of India. IAS of the 1991 batch of the Odisha cadre.
