MAHARASHTRA INFORMATION CENTRE

 

Samir Kumar Biswas Assumes Charge of Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra Sadan

 

New Delhi, 09: Shri Samir Kumar Biswashas assumed the charge of Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra Sadan. He took over this charge from Dr. NirupamaDange.

            Maharashtra Cadre IAS Officer of 1990 Batch, he has served in the State and Central Government. Prior to this post, Shri Biswas was on a Central Government deputation,posted as an Additional Secretaryin the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers for last seven years.He has a wide experience of 31 years. He has taken over this charge fromDr. NirupamaDange, an IAS Officer of 2008 Batch.

            Prior to this posting, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project in Mumbaifrom2012-14.

            From Year 2000-2012, he held several senior roles in Maharashtra State – as Managing Director of the State Textile Corporation and State Financial Corporation, Jt. Managing Director of the State Road Development Corporation and Director of Census Operations.  At the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, he worked on a number of mega-infrastructure projects such as the Integrated Border Check Posts Project and Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Bridge etc.

            After assuming the charge, the PRO and Deputy Director (A/c) of Maharashtra Information Centre, MsAmarjyot Kaur Arora paid a courtesy visit and wished him for his new tenure.

            Shri Biswas has graduated with a B.Tech (Electrical Engg) from I.I.T. Madras, Chennai.  Shri Biswas has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from I.I.M. Bangalore. He has also obtained Master of Financial Management degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University.  He is an Alumni of Goldman School of Public Policy in University of California, Berkeley.