Pranjal Yadav is an Indian Administrative Services officer[1] who is the Special Secretary at the National Integration Department; Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare and Additional Mission Director, National Health Mission, Government of Uttar Pradesh.[2]

Pranjal Yadav
Born
EducationB.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering
Alma materIIT Roorkee
Occupation(s)Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW
Years active2006–present
EmployerGovernment of India
OrganizationIndian Administrative Service officer

Education

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He completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from IIT-Roorkee before getting into IAS in 2006.[3]

Career

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In June 2007, he started his career as an assistant collector in Allahabad district and then went next to Siddharth Nagar sub-division as a joint collector.[4] He was the Azamgarh DM before he was transferred to Varanasi. Yadav was appointed on 3 February 2013 in Kashi.[5] He has worked against illegal occupation on the streets and for the protection of the Ganga river's historical Ghats.[6]

Controversies

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Pranjal faced controversies over not allowing the prime ministerial candidate to hold a public rally.[7] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate in Varanasi, Narendra Modi, has been a favorite of the locals despite not allowing the rally to be held in the sensitive Benia Bagh ground in 2014.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "'Tough' Varanasi DM in his toughest job". The Indian Express.
  2. ^ "Pranjal Yadav". Department of Appointment and Personnel Govt. of Uttar.
  3. ^ "Who is Pranjal Yadav, the IAS officer who nixed Modi's Varanasi rally?". Firstpost.
  4. ^ "Pranjal Yadav: DM who eased Varanasi's traffic problems". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ "वाराणसी में पॉप्युलर हैं प्रांजल यादव". Navbharat Times.
  6. ^ "The IIT-groomed babu who said 'no' to Modi". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Arun Jaitley stands by BJP's criticism of Election Commission directive to deny Modi permission for rally in Varanasi". India Today. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "The IIT-groomed babu who said 'no' to Modi". The Times of India.