Summary
Rajesh Bhushan is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service from the 1987 Bihar cadre.[2]
Rajesh Bhushan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 July 1963[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Retd. IAS officer |
| Years active | 1987 - 2023 |
| Employer | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Organization | Government of India |
| Spouse | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan |
Education edit
Bhushan studied History and received master's degree.[3]
Career edit
Bhushan joined Indian Administrative Service in 1987.[4]
In July 2020 Bhushan accepted an appointment as Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.[2] He presided over the functioning of the Ministry immediately after the first Covid19 wave in India and during the entire period spanning up to the devastating second wave and during that period as well. Previously in that organization he had been Special Officer on Duty since April 2020 till July 2020.Thereafter,he retired in July 2023.[5][6][7]
In November 2019 he accepted an appointment as Secretary of the Special Protection Group.[8]
Previously Bhushan was Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development.[8]
Further consideration edit
- Telangana State Institute of Rural Development (1 October 2012). "National Retreat for BNVs - Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Joint Secretary, MoRD, GoI". YouTube. Telangana State Institute of Rural Development.
References edit
- ^ "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ a b Special Correspondent (25 July 2020). "Rajesh Bhushan appointed Secretary Health". The Hindu.
- ^ "जानें कौन हैं नए हेल्थ सेक्रटरी राजेश भूषण, कोरोना से जंग में निभाएंगे अहम भूमिका". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Senior Bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan Takes Charge As Health Secretary". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Dutta, Sumi Sukanaya (26 April 2020). "Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extension, Rajesh Bhushan appointed as special officer in bureaucratic reshuffle". The New Indian Express.
- ^ www.ETGovernment.com. "Centre appoints senior IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan as new health secretary - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Sudhansh Pant to step in as new Union Health Secretary". www.biospectrumindia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ a b Press Trust of India (1 November 2019). "IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan gets additional charge of administrative head of SPG". Business Standard.