AGNIHOTRI, DR. VIVEK  KUMAR

Father's Name 

Late Shri N.P. Agnihotri     

Mother's Name

Late Shrimati Savitri Agnihotri

Date of Birth

25 August 1945

Place of Birth

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status

Married

Spouse's Name

Shrimati Vijay Agnihotri

Children

Two sons

Educational Qualifications

M.A. (Political Science), M.A. (English Literature) from  University of Allahabad, and Ph.D. (Public Policy Analysis and Design) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Visiting Fellow at the Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, 1991-92

 

Permanent Address

E-15, Sector Beta-I, Greater Noida

(Uttar Pradesh)

 

Present Address

Office: Room No. 29, Parliament House,
New Delhi-110001
Tel.: 23017355, 23034695
Fax: 23792940

 

Residence: AB-93, Shahjahan Road,

New Delhi - 110011

Tel.: 23382610

Telefax:  23386799

E-mail:  secygen.rs@sansad.nic.in       

Positions Held

 

 

1968

Joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Andhra Pradesh Cadre

1980-81

Collector, Visakhapatnam District

1986-89

Development Commissioner  (Handlooms) Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

 

1992-98

Joint Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (Uttarakhand)

 

1999-2002

Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India

 

2003-05

Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India

2004

Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India

2006 - 07

Member (Administrative), Central Administrative Tribunal (Principal Bench), New Delhi

 

29 Oct. 2007 onwards

Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha

Books Published

Over 70 publications including books, research papers, reports, conference papers, working papers, projects, Government documents, presentations, etc.; important publications include: (1) Books: (i) Environment and Development (Concept, 1993), (ii) Skills for Effective Administrators (Vikas, 1995 and 1996), (iii) Public Policy Analysis and Design (Concept, 1995), (iv) Dimensions of the New Economic Policy (Concept, 1996), (v) Socio-Economic Profile of Rural India (Concept, 2002), (vi) Effective and Responsive Administration (Macmillan, 2002), (vii) Quality Management in Government: Theory and Practice (Allied, 2003) and (viii) Handbook of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Concept, 2004);
(2) Monographs:  (i) Faculty Manual (SOFTRAIN, LBSNAA, 1995 and 1996), (ii) Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances: Through the Ages (Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, 2002) and (iii) Manual of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, 2002);

Has written several articles on various subjects such as Indian handloom industry, policy analysis, public policy analysis and design, human resource development for Panchayats, administrative reforms, textile technology, strategies for regulatory reforms, globalization, decentralization, public services delivery, governance reforms, etc. in leading journals and other publications

 

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific  Accomplishments and other Special  Interests

Has specialisation in the areas of the Civil

Services’ Administration, Parliamentary

Systems and Procedures, Public Policy, Good Governance, Rural and Cottage Industries and Panchayati Raj

 

Sports, Clubs, Favourite, Pastimes and Recreation

Member,  India International Centre

 

Countries Visited

Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Egypt, Fiji Islands, France, Greece, Guyana, Japan, Libya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, U.S.A., U.K. and Venezuela

 

Other Information

Interested in reading and writing