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Alok Ranjan

Alok Ranjan
आलोक रंजन
Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
In office
June 2014 – 16 July 2016
Preceded byJawed Usmani
Succeeded byDeepak Singhal
Chief Adviser to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh & Chairman, UPSIDC
In office
July 2016 – March 2017
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1956-03-09) 9 March 1956 (age 68)
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Nationality Indian
SpouseSurabhi Ranjan
ChildrenShivam Ranjan and Shikhar Ranjan
Alma materMBA(PGDM, 2yr), IIM Ahemdabad
BA(Hon.) Economics, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
OccupationRetired IAS Officer, Thought Leader, Speaker & Author.
Websiteranjanalok.com

Alok Ranjan (born 9 March 1956) is a retired 1978 batch IAS officer from the U.P Cadre. He retired on 1 July 2016[2] after holding the office of Chief Secretary for the Government of Uttar Pradesh[3] for over two years.

After retirement, he was appointed as the Chief Adviser to Chief Minister of U.P and Chairman U.P.S.I.D.C (Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation).[2] He resigned from this post following the defeat of the ruling Samajwadi Party government in the state assembly elections.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Seth, Maulshree (30 June 2016). "Alok Ranjan retires as chief secretary today, appointed chief adviser to CM Akhilesh Yadav". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ Singh, Priyanka (3 February 2016). "Alok Ranjan prepones March'17 deadline to complete Gomti channelisation by a year". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "UP Assembly Election 2017: हार के बाद व‍िपक्षी पार्ट‍ियों में इस्तीफे का दौर शुरू, इन्होंने क‍िया र‍िजाइन" [UP Assembly Elections 2017: After the defeat, the round of resignations start in Opposition Parties.]. Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ^ PTI. "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath relieves non-govt. advisers, chairmen of their charges". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 March 2017.