Shekhar Dutt is Secretary Defence Production & Supplies
Shri Shekhar Dutt has assumed charge as the new Secretary Defence Production & Supplies in the Ministry of Defence. An IAS officer of the 69 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, Shri Dutt is a recipient of Sena Medal for gallantry.
Shri Dutt has returned to the Defence Ministry where he once served as Joint Secretary in the same Department that he heads now. During this period he was Director in the Board of Defence Public Sector Undertakings such as Bharat Electronics, Bharat Dynamics, Bharat Earth Movers, Mazagaon Docks, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and Goa Shipyard.
In his long and distinguished career in the Administrative service, Shri Dutt held several key posts, which include Director General Sports Authority of India and Principal Secretary in the Department of Tribal and Scheduled Caste Welfare and Principal Secretary, Departments of School Education, Sports & Youth Welfare both in the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
During his tenure in the Sports Authority of India, Shri Dutt played a pivotal role in the successful conduct of the first Afro Asian Games in November 2003. As the Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare Shri Dutt was instrumental in drawing up a number of schemes including special projects concerning area development, collection and marketing of minor forest produce and forest village development through joint forest management mechanism.
In his capacity as Principal Secretary in the Departments of School Education, Sports & Youth Welfare Shri Dutt was credited with the introduction of an innovative programme called Education Guarantee Scheme in which the community panchayats owned and ran the schools. The scheme helped in universalizing elementary education in MP to a great extent.
Shri Dutt’s previous appointment was Secretary, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
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