Utpal Kumar Singh

Utpal Kumar Singh
Utpal Kumar Singh
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 November 2020
Speaker	Om Birla
Preceded by	Snehlata Shrivastava
Secretary of Lok Sabha Secretariat
	In office; 1 September 2020 – 30 November 2020
Secretary General	Snehlata Shrivastava
Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand
	In office; 25 October 2017 – 31 July 2020
Governor	Baby Rani Maurya (from August 2018); Krishan Kant Paul (till August 2018)
Preceded by	S. Ramaswamy
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Singh
Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
	In office; 1 May 2012 – 17 July 2016
Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
	In office; 18 July 2016 – 24 October 2017
Personal details
Born	29 July 1960 (age 65); Bokaro Thermal, Bihar, India
Spouse	Nipunika Singh
Children	1
Parent(s)	Braj Kishore Singh (father); Annapurna Singh (mother)
Alma mater	Kirori Mal College Delhi University; International Institute of Social Studies
Occupation	Civil servant

Utpal Kumar Singh (born 29 July 1960^[1]^[2]) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre^[3] who has served as the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha since 30 November 2020.^[4]^[5]

Early life

Singh was born to Braj Kishore Singh and Annapurna Singh in 1960.^[1]

Education

Singh completed his master's degree in B.A (hons), M.A (History) from Kirori Mal College Delhi University and International Institute of Social Studies. He subsequently received a M.A in Public Policy and Management from a university in The Hague, Netherlands.^[1]

Career

Singh has held several positions at the center^{[clarification needed]}, including Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.^[6]^[7]

During his tenure as Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand (2017–2020), Singh worked alongside several senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including Vinod Prasad Raturi, who held the position of Revenue Secretary at that time.^[8]