Ex-DGP Vishwakarma appointed new UP Chief Information Commissioner
Vishwakarma, a 1988-batch IPS officer who retired from service last year, has served as chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board. His appointment was made as an “expert in the matters of administration and governance”, it is learnt.
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Rajkumar Vishwakarma retired last yearThe Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday appointed former director general of police (DGP) Rajkumar Vishwakarma as new the Chief Information Commissioner of the state.
Vishwakarma, a 1988-batch IPS officer who retired from service last year, has served as chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board. His appointment was made as an “expert in the matters of administration and governance”, it is learnt.
The state government also appointed 10 Information Commissioners, of which five are from the media background. The five are Mohd Nadeem, editor of Hindi daily Navbharat Times in Lucknow; Virendra Pratap Singh, who worked with Hindustan; senior journalist Rajendra Singh; Swatantra Prakash, a reporter with a local newspaper; and PN Dwivedi.
The other Information Commissioners are former deputy inspector general (DIG) Sudhir Kumar Singh, Girijesh Kumar Chaudhary, a retired PCS officer; Shakuntala Gautam, a former IAS officer who retired as labour commissioner; Dileep Kumar Agnihotri, associate professor at Vidyant Hindu College Lucknow and Rakesh Kumar, a lawyer.
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