Secretary In-charge Home, Agriculture Education and Sugarcane & Sugar Mills Vinod Sharma joined as Director General Information on Thursday. Sharma took over the charge of DG Information fourth time. Prior to this, he had taken over the charge of Additional Secretary and DG Information in 2007, 2011 and 2013 respectively.
Sharma is an IAS officer of UP cadre and prior to bifurcation of the Uttarakhand State he had been SDM of Mussoorie, Chief Manager Sugar Mill Doiwala and ADM Administration/Finance Dehradun. Since inception of Uttarakhand he was posted on the important offices like Additional Secretary Transport, Civil Aviation, Co-operative, Sugarcane-Sugar, Science and Technology. Besides it, Sharma had been IG of Prison, Additional Secretary Prison, Secretary Sugarcane development and sugar industries, Secretary language and Reconstitution and Secretary Home.
After taking over the charge Sharma inspected the various sections of the department and directed the officials for speedy dissemination information of public welfare schemes of government to common man as well as co-ordinate with all government departments and obtain the timely details of updated progress of ongoing schemes.
He stressed to speed up the concerned schemes through departmental activities. A solid working plan to be prepared to make aware the common people about the public welfare schemes and important decisions taken by present government in public interest. For the purpose better co-ordination to be ensured with the print and electronic media.