C.V. of Mr. Prateep Kumar Lahiri
In November 2019, he was conferred A Life Time achievement Award for public service by Maxel Leadership Council and Integral University, Lucknow.
From 1996 to 2000 Mr. Lahiri was Chairman of the Expert Committee for Infrastructure Development of Miscellaneous Projects under the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment & Forests.
After retirement from I.A.S., he served as the Secretary General of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), a Central Body for the Press in India from 1997 to 2005.
In the State of Madhya Pradesh, he has held responsible positions, such as, Collector & District Magistrate successively in three districts (1964-69), i.e. Guna, Khandwa and Indore, Divisional Commissioner, Gwalior Division (1976-80), and Principal Secretary (Health) to the State Government, Bhopal (1985-86).
In his first deputation to the Central Government he served as General Manager, Panna Diamond Mines, N.M.D.C. (1969-1971). He also later served in the Central Government, on deputation, in different Ministries i.e. Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Industry. In the Government of India he worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Coal for over 5 years (1980-85) and, subsequently, as Additional Secretary and then as Secretary in the Ministry of Mines (1986-90). Thereafter, he served as Secretary (Revenue) in the Ministry of Finance (1990-91). He retired from service in 1995 after serving as India’s Executive Director, in the rank of Ambassador, in the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines from December 1991 to June, 1995.
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