LEH: Amit Sharma, IAS, is all set to join the UT Administration of Ladakh in next few days as the J&K Government has relieved him of all his charges.
Sharma, who holds a brilliant track record at all the positions he held so far, is expected to continue with the same momentum and serve the people of Ladakh with his excellent administrative skills, strong public connect and zeal to deliver the best.
During his just concluded tenure as Secretary, Geology & Mining Department of Jammu and Kashmir UT, he brought landmark reforms like e-Challan, e-Marketplace to eliminate all sorts of corrupt practices and leakages and unearthed huge reserve of Lithium for the nation. He was also the key man behind implementation of e-Governance Reforms by rolling out and executing e-Gov related projects in J&K. Notably, he brought landmark changes wherever he served.
Amit Sharma is the topper of 2001-batch in J&K Combined Competitive Examination (JKAS). He holds vast experience and expertise in public administration, management and policy making with primary focus on usage, implementation.
He contributed in different positions in J&K such as Deputy Director Tourism Jammu, Assistant Commissioner Central with Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Deputy Secretary Higher Education, Additional Secretary Revenue Department, Special Secretary Animal/Sheep Husbandry Department, MD, J&K SIDCO, Regional Director, Survey & Land Records, Director Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Special Secretary in Transport Department, Administrator Associated Hospitals Jammu and Special Secretary to Government, Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment.
During his stint as SDM Dudu Basantgarh, he helped a lot of people in improving their lifestyles, becoming self-independent, and fighting all odds worked for overall improvement and development of Dudu Basantgarh. He was also instrumental in launching 1st official website amongst all existing Sub Divisions in J&K for this place which went on to win internationally acclaimed CSI-Nihilent Award for novel e-Governance initiative in one of the remotest and inaccessible parts of the India.
Sharma, who is MBA with major in Marketing and minor in Systems, did Executive Post Graduate Programme in e-Governance from IIM Indore. He also did internship of 21 weeks with EY in Mumbai wherein lot of e-Gov solutions were prepared for simplifying working of various departments of J&K Government Activities and societies He also leant lot of things related to incorporating e-Governance based solutions in Government Departments to bring transparency, efficiency and services at ease for public and simplifying overall Government operations.
He is a prolific keynote speaker who has represented J&K at various national and international seminars and forums and has a proven track record of echoing his views with clarity on various subjects such as Smart Cities, e-Gov, sustainable development goals of UN and many such challenge subjects of global importance which can be easily tracked at Google, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and various other social media channels.
Residents of Ladakh UT are looking forward to the presence of such dynamic and innovative officers who can lead from the front and become trend setter for making it one of the leading UTs of the nation in the shortest possible time.
