Anju Sharma
| Anju Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1969 Rajasthan, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏫 Education | M.B.A in Marketing Finance M.A in Internation Dev. Policy Duke Uni.,USA |
| 💼 Occupation | IAS officer, Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, Government of Gujarat. |
| 📆 Years active | 1991–present |
| 🏢 Organization | Government of Gujarat |
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Anju Sharma was born on 15th July, 1969 in Rajasthan, India, where her father served as a lawyer and later as a higher judicial services officer. Her mother was a housewife.
She was appointed as an IAS officer on 15th September, 1991. She belongs to Gujarat cadre[1] of IAS.
Early Life and Career[edit]
She is a member of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) which falls under Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). She is currently Principal Secretary of Higher Education and Technical (H&TE), Government of Gujarat. She has been serving the Government at various senior level leadership positions for more than 27 years.
She started her career in Rajkot in Gujarat as an Assistant Collector. Subsequently, she worked as District Collector in Bharuch and Amreli and as DDO (District Development Officer) in Gandhinagar and Vadodara districts of Gujarat. She successfully led the district of Amreli during one of the worst droughts in recent times in 2000. She has worked with many other departments including Food, Revenue, Environment and Forests, Industry and Commerce, Health, Women and Child Development, and Education. She served as the Chief Executive Officer of Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority[2] for more than two years.
Anju Sharma is also the author of I of the Storm- Discover your true self[3], a book about personal development.
Education[edit]
She has received her degree in MBA in Finance and Marketing. She studied philosophy for her Civil Services. She also has received her Master’s in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA. She is now pursuing her Doctorate in the discipline of management. Her research focus is on Spiritual intelligence for managers.
Personal Life[edit]
She was married in 1994, to Dharmendra Sharma, a veteran Indian Air Force officer. He now runs an NGO called ARC (A Responsible Citizen) Foundation[4]. She has two children.
Spiritual Interests[edit]
She does her first course of Vipassanā in 2013 and since then she has been regularly practicing. A believer in Yoga and Ayurveda, she is deeply inclined towards Indian / Oriental philosophies of Buddhism, Bhagwad Gita and Advaita. She seeks spirituality with a scientific temper. She believes that spirituality means freedom. She wishes to simplify spirituality by delinking it from religion, rituals and texts.
Key Initiatives[edit]
Decongesting Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai as a part of team led by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India – 2005-06[5]
Concept note for Dedicated Freight Corridor for cargo traffic, through RITES. – 2005-06[6]
Managing the Secretariat of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for rough diamonds – 2007-08
e-Mamta for Mother and Child Tracking – 2010-11[7]
‘Khilkhilat’ – a van-service that provides provisions to drop new born babies and mothers from maternity homes to their own home - 2012[8]
181 “Abhayam” – rescue and counselling based 24x7 helpline for women - 2013[9]
Mission Balam Sukham for nutrition – 2013-14[10]
School Safety Week for Disaster Management Education - 2015[11]
Student StartUp and Innovation Policy - 2017[12]
Electronic Tablets distribution to college students - 2017[13]
Awards[edit]
- National E-Governance Award- 2011-12[14]
- NASSCOM Social Innovation Leaders Award in 2012[15]
- A Precious Daughter of India Award by Government of Rajasthan – 2017[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ Gujarat cadre IAS[1]
- ↑ Chief Executive Officer of Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
- ↑ “I of the Storm- Discover your true self”
- ↑ ARC (A Responsible Citizen) Foundation
- ↑ Decongesting Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai as a part of team led by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India – 2005-06 [2]
- ↑ Concept note for Dedicated Freight Corridor for cargo traffic, through RITES. – 2005-06 Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
- ↑ e-Mamta for Mother and Child Tracking – 2010-11 [3]
- ↑ ‘Khilkhilat’ – a van-service that provides provisions to drop new born babies and mothers from maternity homes to their own home - 2012 Khilkhilat
- ↑ 181 “Abhayam” – rescue and counselling based 24x7 helpline for women - 2013 [4]
- ↑ Mission Balam Sukham for nutrition – 2013-14 [5]
- ↑ School Safety Week for Disaster Management Education - 2015 [6]
- ↑ Student StartUp and Innovation Policy - 2017 [7]
- ↑ Electronic Tablets distribution to college students - 2017 [8]
- ↑ National E-Governance Award- 2011-12 [9]
- ↑ NASSCOM Social Innovation Leaders Award in 2012 [10]
- ↑ A Precious Daughter of India Award by Government of Rajasthan – 2017 [11]
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