Arvind Kumar Sharma | |
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| Minister of Urban Development Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Ashutosh Tandon |
| Minister of Energy Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Shrikant Sharma |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2021 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arvind Kumar Sharma 11 July 1962[1] Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Lucknow |
| Profession | IAS officer, Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 11 July 1962) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and bureaucrat of 1988 batch. He is currently a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh.[2][3] Before joining politics, Sharma was an IAS officer from Gujarat Cadre of the 1988 batch.[4][5] Sharma was an aide of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, with whom he had worked for 20 years. He was also CEO, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board and has also managed multiple Vibrant Gujarat summits. He joined the Prime Minister's Office as a Joint Secretary in 2014 and was elevated to the Additional Secretary rank in 2017.[6][7] In 2019, he moved out of the PMO to become a secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises but took voluntary retirement in January 2021.[8]
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- ^ Hindustan, Times. "BJP appoints former IAS officer AK Sharma as vice president of Uttar Pradesh unit". HindustanTimes.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Why A K Sharma is not just another Gujarat bureaucrat in the PM's circle or just another vice-president in Uttar Pradesh BJP". Indian Express. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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- ^ "New BJP member Arvind Sharma is part of Modi's Mission 2022 in UP". India Today. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "PM Modi's Trusted Officer Of 20 Years Joins BJP, May Get Big UP Role". NDTV. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Gujarat cadre IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma may be made minister in Yogi govt". Hundustan Times. Retrieved 29 June 2021.