civil servant
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who formerly served as
Additional Secretary to Government of India
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, Secretary of Oil Industry Development Board and Executive Director of
Petroleum Conservation Research Association
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. He also served as Board Director-Incharge of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited, Member of the Management Advisory Committee of
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
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(under Ministry of Power) and Member of the Governing council of Centre for High Technology (under
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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).
He is a 1976 batch
Central Secretariat Service
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officer
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.
Career
Kumar joined the
Central Secretariat Service
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in 1974 after qualifying through the
Civil Services Examination
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. He rose through ranks and was later empanelled as Additional Secretary to Government of India in
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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in October 2010 by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
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