Pradeep Kumar Sinha

Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Pradīpa Kumāra Sinhā
Sinha in 2017
Principal Advisor to the Prime Minister
In office
11 September 2019 – 16 March 2021
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
31st Cabinet Secretary of India
In office
13 June 2015 – 30 August 2019
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byAjit Seth
Succeeded byRajiv Gauba
Power Secretary of India
In office
1 July 2013 – 1 June 2015
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Shipping Secretary of India
In office
29 February 2012 – 31 June 2013
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born
Pradeep Kumar Sinha

(1955-07-18) 18 July 1955 (age 69)
Delhi, India[1]
Nationality India Indian
Alma materSt. Stephen's College
Delhi School of Economics
OccupationIAS officer
ProfessionCivil servant

Pradeep Kumar Sinha (born 18 July 1955; IAST: Pradīpa Kumāra Sinhā; Hindi: प्रदीप कुमार सिन्हा) is a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who was the 31st Cabinet Secretary of India.[2] Prior to this appointment he served as the Power Secretary of India, and was the Shipping Secretary of India before that.[2]

On August 30, 2019 Sinha was appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office. And on 11 September 2019, he was appointed as Principal Advisor to Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi. He resigned from the aforementioned post on 16 March 2021 citing personal reasons.

  1. ^ "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Pradeep Kumar Sinha appointed new Cabinet secretary". Times of India. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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