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'@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person -| name = Ashok Kumar (I.A.S) +| name = Ram Sewak Sharma | image = | image_size= | caption = -| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}} -| birth_place = purnia bihar +| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}} +| birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = @@ -13,15 +13,29 @@ | spouse = }} -'''Ashok Kumar ''' (born 1989) is an Indian bureaucrat. He is the Secretary, -Department +'''Ram Sewak Sharma''' (born 1955) is an Indian bureaucrat. He is the Secretary, +Department of Electronics and Information Technology (under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India).<ref name="EXPRESS">{{cite news | url=http://persmin.nic.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01JH028700 | title=Executive Record Sheet Generator- Indian Administrative Service | work=[[PRESMIN]] | date=8 May 2014 | accessdate=8 May 2014 | author=PRESMIN | location=[[Delhi]]}}</ref> He belongs to the 1978 batch of the [[Indian Administrative Service]]. ==Early life== -Born in purnia Bihar, he completed his early education from schools near his village. +Born in a small village of [[Uttar Pradesh]], he completed his early education from schools near his village. He, thereafter joined [[University of Allahabad]] where he completed his bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1974. In 1976, he completed his masters in Mathematics from [[IIT, Kanpur]].<ref name="MINT">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/12/31192617/Ram-Sewak-Sharma--A-different.html | title=Ram Sewak Sharma <nowiki>|</nowiki> A different drummer | work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] | date=1 January 2010 | accessdate=1 April 2013 | author=Jain, Akshai}}</ref> Later, in 2000, he left and went for study, doing his Masters in Computer Science from [[University of California, Riverside]]. ==Career== -Ashok kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2017 In +Ram Sewak Sharma joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1978. In 1986, he wrote a program in [[DBASE]], a programming language that would keep a record of all stolen firearms in the crime-prone district. As soon as a firearm would be found, the programme would run a search query among thousands of age-old records. Together, they impressed the state government, by solving 22 cases in just 30 days.<ref name="ET">{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-07-20/news/27632558_1_programme-uid-biometrics | title=UID will give mobile identity to people | work=[[The Economic Times]] | date=20 July 2010 | accessdate=1 April 2013 | author=Julka, Harsimran}}</ref> + +Sharma has held posts in six state departments in the past seven years. He was transferred nine times in a span of six years in [[Jharkhand]].<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090716/main7.htm</ref> + +==Awards== +* Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration - 2008 ==Positions== -* Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand +* Secretary, D/o Electronics and Information Technology,M/o Communications & Info Tech, Govt of India. +* Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand +* Director General, UIDAI (2009–2013) +* Jharkhand’s Principal Secretary (Public Health and Engineering) +* Secretary IT, Human Resource Development, Panchayati Raj, Personnel and Drinking Water & Sanitation. +* Principal Secretary to the Governor from 1 January 2003 to 11 June 2003.<ref>http://www.iitkalumni.org/NewsDetail.asp?id=376</ref> +* Deputy Development Commissioner in Saharsa +* District Collector in Begusarai, Purnea and Dhanbad +* Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance +* Nodal Officer for the IMF, MIGA and GEF. ==References== '