Draft:Ajit Raizada

Dr. Ajit Raizada is an Indian author, poet and administrator. He is from the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Madhya Pradesh cadre. Dr. Raizada retired from the IAS in 2007. In October 2010, he was appointed as the 4th State Election Commissioner , a constitutional appointment   , of the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission.

Family
He is married to Dr. Seema Raizada, a Professor of English and a Shakespeare scholar.

Career
Dr. Raizada's roles in general administration include Collector and District Magistrate of Rajgarh and Ujjain Districts as well as Additional Chief Secretary, Home department.

As Principal Secretary Culture, he was closely involved in the rejuvenation of Bharat Bhavan, a leading national multi-arts complex and as Principal Secretary Manpower Planning, he served as member of the first Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management (IIM),

In his final assignment in the Secretary to Government of India/ Chief Secretary Grade, he served as the Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board.

Literary Contributions
Ajit Raizada is an author/editor of several published works across the fields of History, Numismatic and Political Science. His books are referenced at leading Universities and institutions including the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, National Library of Australia , Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and the United States Library of Congress. In 1992, he authored a collection of poems titled, Hashiye Par Aadmi. In 2022, his latest collection of poems, Sooraj ke Aansu was published by Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd..