Woman officer to be new Commissioner of Chandigarh MC

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Chandigarh 27 July 2021:  Anindita Mitra a woman officer from Punjab will be new Commissioner of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation as per sources in the UT secretariat.

Her name has been cleared by Union Home Ministry recently and most probably it will be notified in the coming days as per reports.

Earlier in 2018 the Chandigarh Administration had recommended her name for the post of Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

But she did not join the posting and later on it was reported that she was debarred by Central government from central deputation for 3 years as per sources.

Lot of development works were launched and completed by the outgoing Commissioner of MC Kamal Yadav, whose deputation was to end on 22^nd May 2021 but it was extended further for 3 months due to Covid 19 circumstances.

World skill day celebrated at all skill development centers

By Amrit Sidhu Brar

Jalandhar, July 17

Underscoring the significance of skill education, Additional Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh today on the occasion of world skill day said that it would transform the lives of unemployed youths by opening new vistas of employment for them.

The ADC who is also nodal officer of Punjab Skill Development Mission, Jalandhar stated that problems of unemployment and poverty could be overcome easily by imparting quality skill training to the youth. He asserted that Skill training in various courses could open up new avenues of employment for the youth, which was the need of the hour adding that skill training could also present several self employment opportunities for the youth thereby enabling them to live their lives with dignity and pride.

Mr. Singh further shared the steps being taken by the district administration to implement skill development program effectively in the district by roping in various industrial organization so that skill development program could be improvised as per the requirement of our industry. He also added that now skill development courses related to IT and Healthcare services were also being initiated keeping in view the emerging scenario.

Notably, the world skill day has been celebrated across the skill development centers in the district during which special skill competitions were held at these centers. The ADC added that as many as 80 youths were selected for the state level skill competition who would further get a chance to participate in the world skill competition. He exhorted youths to become active partners in this mission through maximum participation in this program.

She is one of the hardworking officers

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Sri Muktsar Sahib: 12 July 2021: Ms Rajdeep Kaur PCS officer of 2012 batch has recently assumed charge as ADC (General) of Sri Muktsar Sahib.

Filled with strong conviction & positive energy, Rajdeep is an achiever by nature and she is one of the hardworking officers of state civil service.

The young and enthusiastic woman officer Rajdeep believes in value and never compromises it on any level. Her willingness to do something different inspires her juniors and colleagues to put in their extra efforts to achieve their goals.

Rajdeep has earlier served as Deputy Secretary in Food & Civil Supplies and Employment General Department at Chandigarh.

She has also served as Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) at Ferozepur.

She has a distinction of being second rank holder in PCS exam

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Jagraon (Ludhiana), July 1, 2021: A 2012 batch officer of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) Dr Nayan Jassal today assumed charge as the Additional Deputy Commissioner Jagraon.

Dr Nayan, who had earlier served as SDM Kapurthala, Regional Transport Authority Jalandhar and Deputy Director Local Government Ferozepur, has a distinction of being second rank holder in PCS exam.

She had done good work as RTA Jalandhar and SDM Kapurthala.

Assuming the charge of her new office, the Additional Deputy Commissioner said that she would accord top priority to further implement the schemes of the Punjab government in a better manner.

Dr Nayan said that her thrust areas would be to provide clean, effective, efficient and transparent administration to people besides ensuring effective implementation of the flagship programs of the Punjab government like Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY), Ghar-Ghar Rozgar Mission, Smart Village Campaign and others.

She said that due focus would also be laid on ensuring the all round development of the rural areas and prosperity of its people through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

In a preliminary meeting with the staff in her office, the Additional Deputy Commissioner asked them to perform their duty zealously to ensure that the benefits of pro-people schemes of the state government were percolated to the people at the grass root level.