Awanish Kumar Awasthi is
a 1987 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. He is currently holding the charge of
Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Home to the Government of UP.
Biography/Wiki
Awanish Awasthi has
always been considered as an officer with a difference. He has a reputation of
having strong work ethics throughout his career. He was revered by many CMs,
but he has never allowed the importance of neutrality getting blurred.
At this time also, he has become a trusted lieutenant of Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath. In fact, Yogi Adityanath had made him his Principal Secretary after
taking oath - his first big appointment.
Awanish Awasthi had
joined the state administration in 1988 and since then has been at the helm of
many important districts. He was the DM of Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh,
Badaun and Meerut, among others. Apart from that, he has also served UPPCL as
its Chairman and Managing Director.
Personal Profile
Date of Birth: 19th August, 1962
Age: 56 Years
Father:
Mother:
Birth Place: Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand
Religion: Hindu
Caste: Brahmin
Educational
Qualification:
B. Tech. from IIT –Kanpur with Electrical Engineering Stream
Family
and Relationship:
He is married to Malini
Awasthi, the noted folk singer and social media influencer. The couple has one daughter named Ananya Awasthi and one son named Adwitya Awasthi.
Siblings:
Interesting
and Lesser Known Facts:
- Awanish Awasthi is handling the UP Government response for COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from the disease, the state has big task of managing lakhs of migrant labours. Unfotunately, the media is not kind to them and ignoring that they have safely made more than 10 lakhs migrants to reach their home by the third week of May.
- Awanish Awasthi has also become a cynosure of Congress as the party thinks him to be responsible for commendable effort that the state has made. The party is not only attacking him below the belt, but of late has also started to make idiotic statements and allegations against his wife Malini Awasthi.
- He was appointed as the representative of UP Government in the Ram Temple Trust (Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust).
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