Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: Dr Ashok Bhan will be the Patron while B R Sharma (IAS) has been re-elected as Chairman of the IIPA, JK Regional Branch for the period 2018-20.
The election of new office bearers was held during the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Branch, here otherday. The new Executive Committee was also nominated during the AGM, which was attended by 62 members of the branch.
Dr S S Bloeria, IAS (Retd), former Patron and Chairman of IIPA, JK Regional Branch, in his address, opined that the scope of activities at the branch should increase and it should emerge as a centre for excellence in public administration and management through research. He proposed that the branch should offer honorary membership, which was approved by the AGM.
Dr Ashok Bhan, IPS (Retd.), Patron of the branch, proposed that training programmes focusing on building competencies to bring about systematic changes in the governance paradigm should be organized for the serving Government officers frequently.
The annual report was presented by Er J B S Johar, Hony Secretary and the report on the annual accounts was presented by Vikrant Kuthiala, Hony Treasurer. During deliberations, the members proposed wide variety of programmes which should be organized in future.
The office bearers elected for the period 2018 – 20, include Dr C.M.Seth, Vice Chairman (Jammu); A M Watali, IPS (Retd.) Vice Chairman (Kashmir); Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS Vice Chairman (Central); Er JBS Johar as Hony Secretary; Dr Anil Gupta, Joint Secretary (Jammu); G M Andrabi, Joint Secretary (Kashmir); Vikrant Kuthiala as Hony Treasurer, Prof Alka Sharma as Director Seminars, Prof S M Afzal Qadiri, Joint Director Seminars (Kashmir) and Dr Komal Nagar as Joint Director Seminars (Jammu).
The 15 member Executive Committee for 2018 – 20 will include Rajeshwar Singh (KPS), Er M M Gupta, Chander Gulhati, Farooq Ahmad, IPS (Retd); K B Jandial, IAS (Retd); Prof Mehraj-ud-Din; Prof Shabir Ahmad Bhat; Vinod Malhotra, Dr G N Qasba; Randheer Singh (KPS); Er S K Gupta; Sameer Rekhi, T P Singh, Er V N Sharma, Col (Retd) Karan Singh.
The AGM was preceded by a presentation by A M Watali on his recently released book “Kashmir Intifada”. He also presented a book for IIPA J&K Regional Branch Veeranna Aivalli Library.
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