Know Your Babu: 1976 batch IAS Rajinder Pal Singh, new DIPP secretary

BIO-DATA
Name: Rajinder Pal Singh
Cadre and Batch: Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, 1976
Date of Birth: October 20, 1951
Place of Domicile: Haryana
Mother Tongue: Punjabi

Educational Qualifications
Post Graduation in Mathematics

Major Postings
a) Sub Collector (From July 1, 1980 to December 1, 1980)
b) Project Officer, Agriculture & Cooperation
(From December 1, 1980 to February 1, 1981)
c) Chief Rationing Officer, In cadre, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public DistributionFrom February 1, 1981 to November 1, 1982)
d) Collector, (From March 1,1984 to July 1, 1985)
e) Director, (Dy Secy Level/JAG), In CADRE, Finance
(June 1, 1988 to July 1, 1989)
f) Director (Census Operations)
Ministry of Home Affairs, Registrar General of India (RGI)
(July 1,1989 to September 1, 1992)
g) Managing Director, (JS Level), In Cadre, Finance
(From November 1, 1992 to May 1, 1993)
h) OSD, Planning and Programme Implementation,
(From May 1, 1993 to December 1, 1994)
i) Managing Director, (JS Level), In Cadre, Industries
(From July 1, 1995 to October 1, 1997)
j) Principal Secretary, Additional Secretary level, Panchayat and Rural Development, In Cadre, (From June 8, 2001 to February 28, 2002)
k) Joint Secretary
Department of Defence Production and Supply, New Delhi
(From February 28, 2002 to March 18, 2005)
l) OSD, Joint Secretary equivalent, Ministry of Finance, Punjab and Sind Bank
New Delhi, (From March 18, 2005 to December 25, 2005)
m) Chairman and MD, Joint Secretary Equivalent, Ministry of Finance, Punjab and Sind Bank, New Delh, (From December 26, 2005 to February 11, 2007)
n) Chairman and M D, Punjab & Sind Bank
Additional Secretary Equivalent, Ministry of Finance,
(February 12, 2007 to August 26, 2009)
o) On Compulsory Wait, Additional Secretary Equivalent, Ministry of Finance
(From August 26, 2009 to November 24, 2009)
p) On Compulsory Wait, Secretary Equivalent, Ministry of Finance, (From November 24, 2009 to December 31, 2009)
q) Secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), ministry of commerce and industry,
(From January 1, 2010 till date)

Awards / Publications Details
NIL