Jayanth Munigala
| Jayanth Munigala | |
|---|---|
| Born |
03/09/1953 Village Kamanpalle, Mandal Jannaram, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh |
| Alma mater | College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad |
| Occupation | Voluntarily Retired from Indian Administrative Service |
Jayanth Munigala is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the Bihar/ Jharkhand cadre, born into a farming family in Kamanpalle village of Adilabad District in Andhra Pradesh. He is the FIRST IAS officer from Adilabad District. He took Voluntary Retirement from IAS in 2009 due to personal reasons.
Early life
He studied in Government Primary School, Kamanpalle up to III Class (1963) and subsequently studied IV & V Classes (1963 - 1965) at Church of South India Mission school, Luxettipet, Adilabad and VI - X Classes (1965 - 1970) at Wesley Boy's Multipurpose High School, Secunderabad. He studied Intermediate (1970 - 1972) in Wesley Junior College, Secunderabad. He graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1979 from College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Career
He worked as a scientist in DLRL, Hyderabad from 1980, before joining IAS.
He was SDM, Chakradharpur Sub-Division, Singhbhum district; Under Secretary, Mines & Geology Department; DDC, Katihar district; DM & Collector, Supaul district.[1] and DM & Collector, Siwan district, Bihar State.
He was on deputation to Govt. of India as Deputy Financial Advisor/ Director Finance, Defence (Finance), DMDE, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
He was re-allotted to the newly formed Jharkhand State in 2000 and held the following posts:
- Director Primary Education.
- Director, SIRD, Ranchi.
- Commissioner, Palamau, Daltonganj.
- First Commissioner of newly created Singhbhum (Kolhan)Division at Chaibasa.
- Secretary, Disaster Management Department.[2][3]
- Secretary, Institutional Finance & Program Implementation Department.[4]
- Secretary, Excise & Probation Department.
- Controller of Examinations, Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board.[5]
In 2002, as Director, Primary Education, Government of Jharkhand, he introduced English subject in government schools beginning from I Class which was the first such program in India.
In 2009, the Jharkhand government accepted his application for voluntary retirement.[6]
Writing career
He is the author of the following books / ebooks:
1. education - my perception, is a book and an e-book, which enumerates the need for change in the primary education curriculum to reduce the weight on the backs of the children. The book also suggests the reduced curriculum.(e-book is available free at http://www.pothi.com)
2. What If?, is a book and deals with the inventions and inventors. The book is an attempt to bring the inventors of the things we use in our everyday life close to us. There is an imagination that if the invention is not there, then what are things we does not have. (the book is available at http://www.pothi.com)
3. Shakehand, is an e-book with brief bioghraphies of some people with whom the author had shakehand. (e-book is available free at http://www.pothi.com)
He is working on one more book "IAS".
Articles
- Member of RBI Working Group
- Member Secretary, SKIPA governing body
- Disaster Mitigation
- Recipe to tackle Crisis
- Disaster Risk Reduction Measures
References
- ↑ List of Officers at Supaul
- ↑ Narayan, Hemendra (12 January 2006). "Fingers crossed on drought aid - Uncertainty over relief this year, too". The Telegraph, Ranchi (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ↑ Narayan, Hemendra (17 February 2006). "Relief funds remain unused". The Telegraph, Ranchi (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ↑ "RBI working Group on Jharkhand" (PDF). Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ↑ "More powers for IAS officers". Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ↑ "J'khand govt accepts VRS application of Munigala". Retrieved 9 June 2011.