P. B. Salim

Dr. P B Salim is an IAS officer of the 2001 batch belonging to the West Bengal cadre. He hails from the south Indian state of Kerala.

Career
Dr. Salim served in a mix of assignments in West Bengal and Kerala. He started his career as Sub Divisional Officer Barrackpore and thereafter as OSD & under Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of West Bengal; Additional District Magistrate of South 24 Parganas District; General Manager, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation. He served as District Magistrate in two districts of Kerala viz. Kozhikode and Kannur and thereafter in two districts of West Bengal viz. Nadia and South 24 Parganas. He served as CEO, Rastriya Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in West Bengal.

In 2019 He began serving as the Chairman & Managing Director of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL). He holds additional position as Secretary, Chief Ministers Office (CMO) Public Grievances Cell, West Bengal.

Recognition

 * United Nations Public Services Award, 2015 – presented by the Secretary General of United Nations – for the pioneering Sanitation Movement in Nadia district
 * Green Ganga Award at Rishikesh, June 2017 – presented by Union Cabinet Minister for MDW and Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand – for transforming the million plus Ganga Sagar Mela into a ‘Clean Mela’

Publications

 * Malabar Heritage and Culture editor along with Prof Hafis Muhammed and Prof N. C. Vasisht, by Mathrubhumi Publishers
 * 101 Success Stories, editor along with Dr Muhammed, by Mathrubhumi Publishers

Planned initiatives

 * Sabar Shouchagar (Toilets for all)