Nagendra Nath Sinha

Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, IAS (JH-1987) took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, New Delhi on May 27th, 2020. Shri Sinha holds Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur (1985). He also did a Masters in Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. He has held sensitive assignments both at the Central Government and the State Government (Jharkhand & Bihar). His previous assignments include Secretary (Border Management), Ministry of Home Affairs; Chairman, NHAI; Managing Director, National Highways & infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., New Delhi; Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development, Govt. of Jharkhand, besides Secretary/Principal Secretary in Departments of IT, Road, Construction, Industry, Mines among others.

He has to his credit several landmark projects in Jharkhand including Mega Sports Complex & Games Village at Ranchi, Ranchi Ring Road, State Data Center. He has also been instrumental in development of several policies and documents viz. PWD Code 2012, public private partnership policy etc., and Aizawl-Turpong Road, Imphal-Morch Road, Zojila and Sela Kyara Tunnels, Delhi-Mumbai Expressways at the Centre.

As Secretary, Rural Development, he is responsible for formulating, coordinating and implementing programmes that addresses the development needs of the rural areas, focusing especially on mitigating and eradicating the poverty and creating sustainable employment and livelihood opportunities. His programmes rely heavily on use of technology for furthering sustainable development.

His major interests lie in the domains of sustainable development, use of ICT, Infrastructure, Health and Institution Building.