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Sanjiv N. Sahai ( born 14 January 1961) is an Indian civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service, who served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power from 1 November 2019 until 31 January 2021.[1]
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Sanjiv N. Sahai was born in Bhagalpur, Bihar. He spent his childhood in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand where he attended Loyola School. He moved to New Delhi to study history at Hindu College, Delhi. He has a master's degree in public policy from Princeton University, where he focused on economic policy.[citation needed]
He was a Robert McNamara fellow at Princeton University,[2] and a recipient of the Joint Japan World Bank Fellowship.[citation needed]
Sanjiv Sahai started his career with Tata Administrative Services, and went on to join the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1986.[3] He served in a range of positions, including five years in the Prime Minister's Office, where he was worked closely on road and transport infrastructure. In 2004, he was also the chairman and managing director of Delhi Transport Corporation, while serving as the Secretary-cum-Commissioner of Transport for the Delhi Government. Later in 2005, he was appointed as the chairman of the Chandigarh Housing Board by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.[4]
In 2007 he was nominated by the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) as managing director and CEO of the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS),[5] an urban transport and infrastructure development company with equal equity from the Government of Delhi (GNCTD) and the IDFC Foundation.[6]
In 2015, Sahai was appointed Finance Secretary and Home Secretary in the Government of Delhi,[citation needed] where he led the team tasked with formulating the budget. His tenure as Home Secretary was marked by stand off between the Aam Aadmi Party Government and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi over policing and justice affairs.[citation needed]
In May 2018, Sahai was posted as additional secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power.[7]
On 1 November 2019, Sahai became secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power and served there till 31 January 2021.[8]
After his retirement as secretary, Sahai was appointed as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.[9]
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