The Uttar Pradesh Government on 20 December 2016 appointed Deepak Agarwal, CEO of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), as the CEO of Noida Authority.
Deepak Agarwal will replace P K Agarwal, who was officiating as the CEO of Noida Authority. P K Agarwal was given the charge of Noida after the Uttar Pradesh Government relieved senior IAS officer Rama Raman from the post on 25 August 2016. However, P K Agarwal will continue to function as the additional CEO of Noida Authority.
Who is Deepak Agarwal?
- Deepak Agarwal is a 2000-batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
- He has been the GNIDA chief since September 2015.
- From February 2009 to March 2013, he was posted as the district magistrate of GB Nagar.
- He had suffered a bullet injury in his leg during the Bhatta Parsaul farmer-administration clashes in May 2011.
- As District Magistrate, he was instrumental in reining in the sand mining mafia in the region.
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