Dinesh Bahadur Singh is a career India civil servant,

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and a scholar who formerly served as

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Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

and Rajya Sabha Secretariat,

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, i.e. the Upper House in the Indian Parliament (similar to the

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but different as most Rajya Sabha members are elected by people's representatives, unlike most of the members of the House of Lords who have peerages bestowed upon them). He was appointed as Advisor in Rajya Sabha in 2014 and previously served as Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in

. He is a 1981 batch

Central Secretariat Service Central Secretariat Service (; abbreviated as CSS) is the Public administration, administrative Civil Services of India, civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of India, Central Civil Services of the executive bra ...

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Early life and education

D.B. Singh has degrees in

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and

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from

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by ...

. He also has a

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

from

Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

and a

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from the

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Career

Singh joined the

in 1981 after qualifying through the

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. He has undergone professional trainings in prestigious institutes of USA, UK, Japan, Spain and Thailand. He has led delegation of officers of Rajya Sabha to US Congress, Australian Parliament and South African Parliament. He has also led Indian delegation for negotiation of bi-lateral investment and promotion treaties to various countries. He has previously served as Joint Secretary of Rajya Sabha and has also worked in Department of Economic Affairs, Constitution Review Commission and Ministry of Law and Justice. He also served as

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Suresh Pachouri Suresh Pachouri (born 1 July 1952) is an Indian politician and current member of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh. He had served as union minister of state in the Ministry of Defence (1995-1996) and in the Ministry of Personnel, Public ...

, then

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in the

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is a ministry of the Government of India in personnel matters specially issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare as well as the post-retirement dispens ...

Recognition

He is the first non

Indian Administrative Service The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Public administration, administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. The IAS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian ...

officer and the first retired civil servant to hold the position of

in Rajya Sabha.

References

External links

*
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Complete list of officials at Rajya Sabha *
Appointment of DB Singh as Secretary
at Rajya Sabha

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