Pranjal Yadav

Pranjal Yadav
Born	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education	B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering
Alma mater	IIT 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 active	2006–present
Employer	Government of India
Organization	Indian Administrative Service officer

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]

Education

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

Career

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

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

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.