Kewal Kumar Sharma (KK Sharma) is a 1983-batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. In November 2018, he was appointed as advisor to the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik. Following the creation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, he was appointed advisor to lieutenant governors Girish Chandra Murmu and Manoj Sinha.[1][2] In February 2020, he was appointed as the chairperson of the JK Board of Technical Education.[3] On October 30, 2020 he resigned as advisor to the lieutenant governor and was appointed election commissioner of the union territory.[4] Sharma has also served as advisor to the administrator od Chandigarh, chief secretary of Goa and Delhi after which he moved to the Union HRD Ministry where he served as Secretary Higher Education, Govt. of India.[5][6]
Background
editSharma hails from Billawar sub-division of district Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Present Advisors to Lieutenant Governor". General Administration Department. Government Of Jammu & Kashmir. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "Govt appoints retired bureaucrats as advisors to LG of J&K - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "J-K LG Advisor KK Sharma to head reconstituted Board of Technical Education". The Indian Express. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ Correspondent, ?special (2020-10-30). "K.K. Sharma resigns as advisor to J&K Lieutenant Governor, appointed State Election Commissioner". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Centre Removes Delhi Chief Secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma". NDTV. PTI. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ a b "K K Sharma, Farooq Khan appointed Advisors to Lt Governor of J&K UT". Daily Excelsior. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-08-11.