Rajive Kumar

Rajive Kumar (born 28 June 1958) is a retired 1981 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Kumar served as the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority from 2018 to 2023 and previously served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, in addition to serving as Shipping Secretary of India.[2]

Rajive Kumar
1st Chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority
In office
9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) – 30 June 2023 (2023-06-30)
Nominated byChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Appointed byGovernor of Uttar Pradesh
GovernorRam Naik
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySanjay Bhoosreddy
Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
In office
29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) – 30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
Appointed byChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
GovernorRam Naik
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byRahul Bhatnagar
Succeeded byAnup Chandra Pandey
Road Transport and Highways Secretary of India
(Acting)
In office
16 May 2017 (2017-05-16) – 27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterNitin Gadkari
Preceded bySanjay Mitra
Succeeded byYudhvir Singh Malik
Shipping Secretary of India
In office
1 December 2014 (2014-12-01) – 27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterNitin Gadkari
Personal details
Born
Rajive Kumar

(1958-06-28) 28 June 1958
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Alma materHarvard Kennedy School at Harvard University
OccupationRetired IAS officer
ProfessionCivil servant

Education

Kumar holds a Master of Public Administration degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University,[1][2] and a Master of Science degree in physics.[1][2]

Career

Indian Administrative Service

Kumar has served in various key positions for both the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India, including as the Chief Secretary and Principal Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, divisional commissioner of Meerut, Saharanpur and Faizabad divisions, the managing director of Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation, managing director of Uttar Pradesh State Mineral Corporation, executive director of Udyog Bandhu, Director (Revenue Intelligence) in the Department of Revenue, the district magistrate and collector of Mathura and Firozabad districts, and as the vice chairperson of the Mathura Development Authority in the Uttar Pradesh government,[2][3] and as Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary, Union Shipping Secretary and as special secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, additional secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, and as a joint secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance in the Indian government.[2][3]

Shipping Secretary
Kumar (left) addressing a workshop

Kumar was appointed as the Shipping Secretary of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 1 December 2014.[4] He was given the additional charge of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways by the ACC on 10 May 2017.[4][5] He demitted the offices on 27 June 2017, when his was repatriated to his state cadre by the Government of India, on the request of Uttar Pradesh government.[6]

Kumar (left) with Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi (centre)

Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh

After being repatriated to his state cadre by the Government of India on the request of the Government Uttar Pradesh on 20 June 2017,[6] Kumar was appointed the Chief Secretary and Principal Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh government by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 29 June 2017.[7][8][9][10][11]

Kumar demitted the office of chief secretary—and simultaneously superannuated from service—on 30 June 2018, serving as Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat for more than a year, and was succeeded by Anup Chandra Pandey.[12][13][14] Kumar's tenure as chief secretary was generally considered successful.[13][15]

Post-IAS

After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Kumar was nominated to become the Government of Uttar Pradesh as the first chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA) in August 2018;[16][17][18] Kumar was sworn-in as the chairperson of UP RERA by Uttar Pradesh governor, Ram Naik, on 9 August 2018 and served the office till 30 June 2023.[19][20][21]

References
  1. "Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016" (PDF). Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "Rajive Kumar - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. "Board of Governors - Rajiv Kumar". World Maritime University. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. "ACC Appointments". Press Information Bureau of India. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. "Major reshuffle of Secretaries across key Ministries". The Hindu Business Line. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. "Shipping secretary Rajive Kumar sent back to UP". Press Trust of India. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. "Rajiv Kumar appointed new Chief Secretary of UP". Business Standard. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. "Rajiv Kumar takes over as UP chief secretary". Times of India. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. Seth, Maulshree (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar is Chief Secretary, 40 IAS officers moved". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. "Senior IAS officer Rajive Kumar Takes Over UP Chief Secretary". NDTV. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  11. Keelor, Vandana; Mishra, Subhash (30 June 2017). "Rajive Kumar new chief secy, Bhatnagar GNIDA chairman". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. "AC Pandey appointed new chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh". The New Indian Express. Lucknow. Express News Service. 27 June 2018. OCLC 243883379. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  13. "Anup Chandra Pandey appointed new chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh". United News of India. Lucknow. United News of India. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  14. "My priority is redressal of public grievances: New CS". The Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 1 July 2018. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  15. Mishra, Subhash (28 June 2018). "Kumar set an example for successors". The Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Times News Network. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  16. "Former UP chief secretary is RERA chief". The Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Times News Network. 5 August 2018. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  17. "Retd chief secretary appointed UP RERA chief". Business Standard. Lucknow: Business Standard Ltd. Press Trust of India. 5 August 2018. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  18. "Ex UP CS made RERA chief of UP". United News of India. Lucknow. United News of India. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  19. Singh, Mahendra Pratap (9 August 2018). "राज्यपाल ने राजीव कुमार को रेरा अध्यक्ष पद की शपथ ग्रहण करायी" [The governor swore Rajive Kumar in as RERA chairperson]. Patrika (in Hindi). Lucknow. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  20. "राजीव कुमार ने ली रेरा के अध्यक्ष पद की शपथ" [Rajive Kumar took oath as RERA chairperson]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Navbharat Times Bureau. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. "रेरा अध्यक्ष ने संभाला पदभार, कहा हफ्तेभर का वक्त दीजिए, आवंटियों को मिलेगी राहत" [RERA chairperson assumes office; said give a week's time; allottees will get relief]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Lucknow. Jagran News Network. 10 August 2018. OCLC 416871022. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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