Additional Chief Secretary of Home department BP Singh has been appointed Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh.
The newly appointed Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Basant Pratap Singh is an officer of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) of 1984 batch. A native of Uttar Pradesh, Singh was born on July 1, 1958. Singh has obtained PG degree in Philosophy from the Allahabad University.
Singh was initially posted as Assistant Collector Bilaspur in June 1985. Beside SDO of Sehora and Dharmjaigarh, Singh also rendered his services as Additional Collector Baikunthpur. Besides, Singh also shouldered the responsibility of District Collector of Panna, Durg and Gwalior. Singh rendered his services as the Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Seeds Corporation, OPTEl and laghu Udhyog Nigam.
Singh was also posted as Joint Secretary Ministry of Textile Government of India.
Beside Divisional Commissioner of Indore Singh has also shouldered the responsibility of Principal Secretary Higher Education, Revenue and Forest during different service period. At present Singh is posted as Additional Chief Secretary Home from May 1, 2015.
During the service period Singh has received training in Change Management from london and on subject ‘Qualitative Methods and Operation Research for Public’ from Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru.