Senior Bihar bureaucrat Ishwar Chandra Kumar passes away in Patna
Born in the Jadopur village in Champaran in 1935, Ishwar Chandra Kumar was the first person in the district to become an Indian Administrative Service officer.
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Ishwar Chandra Kumar was a top bureaucrat, author, and former vice-chancellor of Veer Kunwar Singh University. (Facebook/ Amitava Kumar) Top bureaucrat, author, and former vice-chancellor of Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ishwar Chandra Kumar, died at a Patna Hospital Sunday. Kumar was 88.
The last rites of Kumar, the father of author Amitava Kumar, will be performed on Monday in Varanasi as per his wishes.
Mourning his demise, his son Amitava said: “My father was born in a hut. He didn’t see an electric bulb till he was eight. To rise to a position of prominence from such humble beginnings was inspiring to me. He worked hard and honestly. He had a great sense of discipline. Even on his hospital bed, I could only express my gratitude to him for showing me and my sisters the right way to live”.
Born in the Jadopur village in Champaran in 1935, Kumar was the first person in the district to become an Indian Administrative Service officer.
Kumar, a 1961 batch IAS officer, served in various capacities as a bureaucrat and later as an academician and advisor to the Central Government.
Kumar served as principal secretary, Food and Consumer Affairs Department, director of Bihar State Food Corporation, and principal secretary, finance, water resources, planning and development, and road construction departments of the Bihar government.
After his retirement, he served as VC of Veer Kunwar University, Ara, as well as an advisor to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Corporation and Consumer affairs.
A double Master’s degree holder (History and Political Science) with a PhD on agrarian society and state in colonial Bihar, he had also authored several books, including Mahila Sashaktikaran ke Sapne: Kitne Pure Kitne Adhure, Bihar Ke Prashashnik Tantra ka Vikas, Bpudhik Samaj Ki Chunoutiyan, Shahabad Ke Saput Bharat Ke Gaurav.
He is survived by two daughters, Dr Smita Singh and Divya Singh, and Amitava Kumar, and five grandchildren.
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