Jawed Usmani (Hindi: जावेद उस्मानी; Urdu: جاوید عثمانی) is a retired IAS officer. He is currently serving as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Career
• 3 Bibliography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Education

Usmani has an MBA from the Indian Ins*ute of Management Ahmedabad and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics.

Career

Usmani is an officer of the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Prior to appointment as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, he worked in different capacities in the government of India, including as Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister. In the international arena, Usmani was Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Minister (Economic Cooperation) at the Emb*y of India in Nepal.

Usmani's key *ignments in the state government included Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister, Managing Director and CEO of UP State Cement Corporation, and District Magistrate and Collector of Gorakhpur and Bulandshahr districts. After his removal from the post of Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Government, Usmani served as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue.

Usmani took voluntary retirement (VRS) from the Indian Administrative Service in February 2015, and was subsequently appointed the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.

Bibliography

• Vachani, Sushil; Usmani, Jawed, eds. (2014). Adaptation To Climate Change In Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN:9781781954720. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

References

External links

• Uttar Pradesh Information Commission
• Jawed Usmani presenting at "Harvard Without Borders: Mapping the *bh Mela" at Harvard University's South Asia Ins*ute on YouTube
• India Today High and Mighty power list 2012: The Official Top 10