Navin Mittal

Navin Mittal
Born 1973 (age 42–43)
Occupation Indian Administrative Service

Navin Mittal is the Commissioner and Secretary of Information and Public Relations Department [1] in Telangana in India.

He belongs to the 1996 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and allotted to the Telangana[2] cadre. He is a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.[3] He stood All India 3rd in Civil Services Examinations in 1995.[4]

As a Commissioner for Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, his works in the area of E-governance and Sanitation won the CRISIL awards 2003[5][6] & 2005[7] for the Corporation & as Project Director of ITDA, his works were recognised by World Bank.[8][9]

As Collector and District Magistrate of Krishna District, he restored Kolleru lake from the hands of land mafia.[10][11][12] He has been instrumental in successfully completing the Kolleru Operation in 2006, which involved clearing more than 15,000 acres (61 km2) of encroachment in Krishna District in the Kolleru Lake, one of the largest fresh water lakes in India. Among his other notable works in Krishna District are the successfully spearheading an agitation against the unscrupulous activities of Microfinance institutions(MFIs) in Andhra Pradesh[13][14][15] and also leading the rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts against the large scale flooding of Krishna District due to Ogni Cyclone in October / November 2006.[16][17] Mr Mittal has taken initiative called "Palle Nidra",[18] an innovative program of making night halt at Villages along with officials and public representatives to analyse the issues and address them immediately.

As Collector & District Magistrate of Hyderabad District, Navin Mittal actively worked on up-gradation of Government schools,[19] rescue and rehabilitation of child labour and destitute children[20] and bringing in regulation for school fees.[21] The Rotary Club of Hyderabad East honoured Mr. Navin Mittal, Collector, Hyderabad District along with Dr. P. G. Sastry, Former Chairman, Environmental Clearance Board, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Mrs. Lynne, Founder – AGAPE with Vocational Excellence Awards 2009.[22]

As Secretary of State Election Commission, he was instrumental in holding free and fair elections[23][24] to more than 25000 Local Bodies[25] in both the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

As Special Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation[26] since 2010, he has been instrumental in tripling the revenue[27] of the corporation in last 5 years. This has won the appreciation of the Prime Minister of India.[28][29] He has driven the e-governance initiatives in GHMC which help win many awards, the notable among them being the e-Governance award given by Union Minister for Urban Development to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for standing first in the online grievance redressal, issue of birth and death certificates online, online payments, trade licenses, providing information to the citizens and for 1.5 lakh people accessing the site from all over the world.[30]

Recently, he has taken over as the Commissioner and Secretary of Information and Public Relations Department in Government of Telangana

References

  1. ↑ Naveen Mittal takes charge as I&PR Commissioner Siasat 31 October 2015
  2. ↑ Centre allot IAS & IPS officers Telangana & AP Telangana State info 27 December 2014
  3. ↑ Rotary Club Of Hyderabad East. Reachouthyderabad.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Words of advice from some toppers of IAS – IAS – Indian administrative Services – IAS – Indian administrative Services – IAS – Indian administrative Services. Forum.onestopias.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  5. ↑ AP bags the honours for best run cities in India Economic Times 19 September 2003
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Thane civic body gets Crisil award for excellence Business Standard 25 October 2005
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Strengthening Urban Management: India. Info.worldbank.org (24 January 2003). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  10. ↑ 'Operation Kolleru' begins. OneIndia News (20 April 2006). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  11. ↑ Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Operation Kolleru resumes today The Hindu 20 April 2006.
  12. ↑ SCEC orders demolition of fish tanks OneIndia News 21 March 2006.
  13. ↑ Businessworld – Blood Money Archived 11 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ MFI loans: Government moves to solve issue The Hindu (15 September 2006). Retrieved on 18 October 2011
  15. ↑ Andhra experience to have its mark on bill -Economic Times 26 February 2007.
  16. ↑ : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Officials begin assessment of extent of damage The Hindu (8 November 2006). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  17. ↑ IndianExpress.com :: Cyclone Ogni drowns Andhra’s Kharif crop Indian Express 3 November 2006.
  18. ↑ `Palle Nidra' revives hopes of villagers. The Hindu (20 September 2006). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  19. ↑ Rotary Club Of Hyderabad East. Reachouthyderabad.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  20. ↑ Homes for destitute children in Hyderabad. Merinews.com (22 October 2009). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  21. ↑ Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ Rotary Club Of Hyderabad East. Reachouthyderabad.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  23. ↑ SEC Warns Against "Auctioning" Of Posts fullhyd.com 4 July 2013
  24. ↑ Rs. 12.5 crore seized ahead of Andhra Pradesh panchayat polls NDTV 20 July 2013
  25. ↑ Second phase of Andhra Pradesh panchayat elections in progress NewsReporter 27 July 2013
  26. ↑ Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Thirty-seven IAS officers reshuffled. The Hindu (3 April 2010). Retrieved on 18 October 2011.
  27. ↑ GHMC property tax revenues take a big leap The Hindu 26 June 2015
  28. ↑ PM’s remarks at the launch of AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission and Housing for All (Urban) PMIndia 25 June 2015
  29. ↑ PM praises GHMC for its better performance Siasat 25 June 2015
  30. ↑ Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Wins e-Governance Award eGov 5 November 2012

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