Former Noida DCEO returns back as Greater Noida, YEIDA Chairman
(19/04/2017) GREATER NOIDA: Dr Prabhat Kumar, who was lately posted as resident commissioner, Uttar Pradesh in New Delhi has taken additional charge as chairperson of the two Authorities of GB Nagar,Greater Noida and YEIDA. This post was being held by senior IAS officer Sanjay Agarwal.
Dr. Prabhat Kumar is a 1985 batch officer and this will be his second stint in GB Nagar. Formerly he has also been deputy CEO of Noida Authority from January 1996 to April 1997. He was instrumental in spotting faults in the corporate group housing scheme which was an open-ended scheme with no ending date. He is well-known for being key witness in a Noida land allotment scam that took place between 1993-95 during the tenure of senior IAS officer Neera Yadav. His testimony was termed ‘very important’ in the judgment by a CBI court and because if the same IAS officer and former UP chief secretary, Yadav was sent to jail.
Prefix doctor in his name comes from being a gold medallist in medicine.
Prabhat Kumar was also director general of civil aviation during 2014. Before that he has also held charge of joint secretary in the Union ministry of civil aviation since October 2012.
As joint secretary in the ministry of civil aviation, he oversaw liberalising the policy regime in the civil aviation sector. His role in reviving Air India was also applauded well.
With present UP government taking keen interest in development of Jewar Airport, Kumar’s appointment is being as a valuable addition in the concerned authority.
