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Introduction Shri Kumar Sanjay Krishna is an Indian Bureaucrat who is presently the chairman of Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC). He officiated as the Chief Secretary of Assam from 31st December, 2019 to October 31, 2020. He took over as the Chief Secretary after the incumbent Alok Kumar who retired on December 31st, 2019. Krishna previously served as the additional Chief Secretary in various departments including Home, Political, Revenue & Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Printing & Stationery departments. A 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, Krishna was allocated in the Assam- Meghalaya Cadre. During his diplomatic career of over 36 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad.

Early Life and Education Kumar Sanjay Krishna was born in Jorhat, Assam, India. He is the son of Umacharan Banik and Purnima Banik______________________________________. He did his schooling from Jorhat Govt. Higher Secondary School before graduating in Physics with Honours from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He pursued his Masters in Physics from Delhi University. He completed his administrative training of two years from LBS National Academy of Administration in 1987. Career a)Initial Diplomatic Year – Joining the Indian Administration Service in 1984, Kumar Sanjay served as the Sub-Divisional Officer of Morigaon Sub Division in the state of Assam from August, 1987 to July, 1989. As head of the sub division constituting a population of 900,000, Kumar was responsible for maintenance of law and order, land management, revenue collection, planning and implementation of the developmental projects for rural development, disaster management and operation of relief and rehabilitation programs.

From July, 1989 to September, 1990, he served as the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Development in the district of Kamrup, Assam where he was the assisted head in formulating all policies, programs for all departments of the district and implementing developmental schemes. From September, 1990 to June, 1992, he was the Deputy Commissioner and District Development Head of the Sonitpur District, Assam. He also served as the Chairman of Rural Development Agency of the district. From June, 1992 to June, 1996, he served as the Commissioner of Excise for the Government of Assam. During his tenure, he led the department in implementing government policies, revenue collection, creating a drug free society by implementing policies aimed at discouraging consumption of liquor, drug etc. He also served as the Deputy Commissioner and District Development Head from November, 1993 to June, 1996. He then served as the Secretary to the Government of Assam through the department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Sports and Youth Welfare. As Secretary, he was the administrative head in the State for formulating policies, making budget allocations, supervising implementation of all schemes. The schemes under World Bank Project for the state of Assam were also implemented directly under his guidance.

From 1997 to 2001, he was the Managing Director of Assam Tea Corporation, which is a public sector enterprise of Assam government with 16 large tea estates. Kumar can be credited for the formulation and implementation of policies concerning production, manufacturing and marketing of 8 million kilograms of tea. Due to his imaginative policies adopted during his tenure, the Assam Tea Corporation made profit in its first year itself and was an achievement that was registered after a gap of 6 years.

Kumar was then appointed as the Director, Tea Board of India in New York, United States of America. His diversified administrative experiences, including a stint in the Ministry of Commerce of the Government of India to look after the work of Tea Board in New York. This provided him a unique opportunity to operationalize the policies of the Government India in the competitive international context. It was a major challenge which required understanding principles of management and making the Tea Board vibrant in terms of economy, quality and profitability. Such an integrated vision required combining administrative skills with economic prudence. Each and every decision of Kumar as the Head of the Tea Board was informed by such values and principles.

Prime Minister’s Office From August, 2004 to February, 2006, Kumar was serving as the Director of the Prime Minister’s Office. His tenure as the Director of PMO was an opportunity to craft policies and plans in consonance with the forward looking vision of the Prime Minister, the architect of the economic reforms which resulted in unleashing our entrepreneurial talent and rapidly enhancing our productivity in all sectors. His firm resolve in pursuing a growth strategy which is inclusive and covering all sectors of economy and all sections of society was the motive force behind the formulation of path breaking policies which include National Urban Renewal Mission, National Rural Health Mission, Unorganized Sector Workers’ Social Security Act, Urban Poverty Alleviation program etc. Kumar played a key role in preparing these policies, determining their scope and content and continuously fine tuning them by taking into account the vision of the Prime Minister and the guidelines issued by him from time to time. These policies cohered with the larger goal of good governance and efficient delivery of public services to people. He also monitored the implementation of  the National Common Minimum Program of the Government which provided the blueprint for promoting development and governance of the country and sustaining our secular, pluralistic and democratic frame work of governance. Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Economic Affairs From February, 2006 to January, 2010, Kumar served as the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. As the Joint Secretary in the DEA and head of the Division, the responsibility involved preparing bilateral Economic Relations and Dialogue with UK, Germany, USA, Japan and Australia etc. and carrying them forward by actively pursuing and implementing them. In doing so, the specific aspects of our economic achievements and their significance for the global economy are factored into the bilateral policies and dialogue.

From 2010 to 2020

From January, 2010 to March, 2014, Kumar was the Principal Secretary in the Planning and Development Department, Government of Assam. He then served as the Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance from March, 2014 to August, 2015. During his tenure, he handled the biggest disinvestment of any PSU in India when Coal India’s 10 percent was disinvested securing more than Rs. 24,000 crores. From September, 2015 to February, 2018, he served as the Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture & Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

From February, 2018 to December 2019, he then served as Additional Chief Secretary, Government of India for the Department of Revenue & Disaster Management, Department of Home & Political Affairs, Department of Information & Public Relations, Department of Public Health Engineering and Department of Food & Civil Supplies. He can be credited for drafting of the new Land policy 2019 after 34 years. He also prepared the Disaster management plan for Assam to tackle calamities like flood and earthquake. He even made plans for distribution of 100,000 land allotment certificates for landless people of the state, supervised Law & Order issues and implemented Swachh Bharat Program and achieved the target.

Chief Secretary of Assam

Kumar is officiated as the Chief Secretary of Assam from …. To ……. He took over as the Chief Secretary following the retirement of incumbent Alok Kumar on December 31st, 2018. He chaired about 157 committees, Missions, Societies for developmental and regulatory schemes.

Chairman, Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission

Kumar Sanjay Krishna became the chairman of Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission on 4th Jan 2021. Chairman of AERC which is the regulator of electricity sector in the state as per Electricity Act 2003 passed by the Parliament of India.

Personal Life Kumar Sanjay Krishna is married to Geetima Das Krishna of --. A gold medallist and a topper of her batch from Electronics and Communication Department of Assam Engineering College, Geetima Das mastered in Computer Engineering from Florida Tech, US. She also has an MBA in Finance from City University of NYC. With a PhD from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Das started her career in teaching in Assam Engineering College. She became the Vice President of Reliance Capital and has also worked in Center for Policy Research, Delhi. He speaks Assamese, English, Bengali and Hindi . He currently resides in Guwahati, Assam with his wife. They have two children, son Ranjan and daughter Krishangi who are both doctoral students in the US. International and Bilateral Meetings attended

●Member of Prime Minister’s delegation to Russia in December 2005 for Bilateral Talks between India and Russia in Moscow. ●Member of Indian Delegation for India-EU Macro-Economic Dialogue, New Delhi June 2007 ●Member of Indian Delegation for India-UK Economic Financial Dialogue, London, September 2007 ●Deputy Leader of Indian Delegation for India-Germany Joint Commission on Trade and Economy, Berlin, September 2007 ●Deputy Leader of Indian Delegation for Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Conference in Georgetown, Guyana. ●Leader of Indian Delegation for Asia-Europe Finance Ministers’ Conference in Jeju, Korea, June 2008. ●Leader of Indian Delegation for High Level Policy Dialogue between India and Japan, In Tokyo, Japan, June 2008. ●Deputy Leader of Indian Delegation for India-Japan Strategic Dialogue, Tokyo, July 2008. ●Leader of Indian Delegation for HLF on Aid-Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, September 2008. ●Leader of Indian Delegation for India-EC Sub-Commission on Development Cooperation, July 16-17, 2009.

Publications

Contributed article on ‘Brahmaputra Flooding: Problems for Administration and Prospects’ in the book ‘The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources’ edited by N.Sharma, CSP Ojha, V.P. Singh of Louisiana State University, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers of The Netherlands.

A book on travel and photography named ‘Wanderlust’ was penned and published in 2014.