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 Born
on
January
26,
1950.
Shri
Rakesh
Chandra
Sahni
is a
1972
batch
officer
of
the
Indian
Administrative
Service.
A
Delhite,
Shri
Shahni
did
his
B.Tech.
(Mechanical
Engineering)
from
IIT
Delhi.
Shri
Sahni
got
senior
scale
in
1976,
selection
grade
in
1985,
super
time
scale
in
1988,
Principal
Secretary
grade
in
1997
and
Chief
Secretary
grade
on
January
17,
2006.
He
is
well
versed
in
languages
including
Hindi,
English
and
Punjabi.
In
the
early
years
of
his
service
as
officer
of
the
Indian
Administrative
Services,
he
served
as
Assistant
Collector,
Rewa,
SDO
Badnagar,
SDO
Neemuch,
Project
Officer,
Sarguja,
Collector,
Shahdol,
Deputy
Secretary,
Ayacut,
Fisheries,
Dairy,
Culture
Departments.
Later
on
Shri
Sahni
went
to
Delhi
on
deputation
and
served
as
Deputy
Secretary
in
the
Ministry
of
Defence
Government
of
India
from
Feb.
1983
to
Nov.
1986
again
as
Director
GOI
Ministry
of
Defence
between
November
1986
to
February
1989.
Shri
Sahni
also
worked
as
Managing
Director,
M.P.
Dairy
Federation,
Secretary,
Home,
Jail
and
Transport
Department,
Commissioner,
Gwalior
and
Chambal
division,
Secretary,
Housing
and
Environment.
As a
Principal
Secretary,
Shri
Sahni
served
the
departments
including
Tribal
and
Scheduled
Castes
Welfare,
Public
Health
Engineering,
Home,
Transport,
Planning,
Economic
and
Statistics,
20
Point
Programme.
Shri
Sahni
also
held
important
assignments
including
-
Member
Secretary,
State
Planning
Board,
Principal
Secretary,
Energy
Department
and
Chairman,
M.P.
State
Electricity
Board,
Jabalpur,
OSD
and
Ex-officio
Additional
Chief
Secretary,
Govt.
of
M.P.
Energy
Department.
Shri
Rakesh
Chandra
Sahni
assumed
the
office
of
the
Chief
Secretary,
Govt.
of
Madhya
Pradesh
on
Jan.
28,
2006.
He
is
also
Chairman,
M.P.
State
Electricity
Board,
Jabalpur
since
May,
2004.
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