Sanjay Mitra | |
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&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Sanjay_Mitra,_IAS_(cropped).jpg) Mitra addressing a press conference in November 2016 | |
| 38th Defence Secretary of India | |
| In office 25 May 2017 – 23 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | G. Mohan Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Kumar |
| Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation[1] Acting | |
| In office 29 May 2018 – 25 August 2018[2] | |
| Preceded by | S Christopher |
| Succeeded by | G. Satheesh Reddy |
| Road Transport and Highways Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 January 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Chibber |
| Succeeded by | Rajive Kumar (acting) Yudhvir Malik |
| Chief Secretary of West Bengal | |
| In office 30 September 2012 – 27 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Samar Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Basudev Banerjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sanjay Mitra 6 May 1959 Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| Occupation | IAS officer |
| Profession | Civil servant |
Sanjay Mitra (born 6 May 1959) is a retired 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of West Bengal cadre. He served as Defence Secretary of India, and prior to that as Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Mitra also served—on an acting basis—as the chairperson of the Defence Research and Development Organisation for a period of three months.
- ^ "Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO". Defence Research & Development Organisation. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Gurung, Shaurya Karanbir (25 August 2018). "G. Satheesh Reddy appointed as new DRDO chairman". The Economic Times.