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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajay Prakash Sawhney
| image = The Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney speaking at the Plenary Session on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Effective Governance’.JPG
| caption = Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney speaking at the Plenary Session on "Artificial Intelligence for Effective Governance"
| office = [[Secretary to the Government of India]] - [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]]
| successor =
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| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]
| profession = [[Civil servant]]
| spouse = [[Nilam Sawhney]]<ref name="spouse">{{cite web |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/senior-ias-officer-nilam-sawhney-back-in-andhra-pradesh-to-be-appointed-chief-secretary-of-the-state/articleshow/72010633.cms|title=Nilam Sawhney |work=BangloreMirror |accessdate=November 11, 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''Ajay Prakash Sawhney''' (born 4 February 1962) is a 1984 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He currently is the [[Secretary to the Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fipi.org.in/attachments/23_Dec_15/Session%20I/CV/Ajay%20Prakash%20Sawhney.pdf |title=Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |date= |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/37-ias-officers-empanelled-to-hold-secretary-level-posts-920235-2017-05-04|title=37 IAS officers empanelled to hold Secretary-level posts|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.babusofindia.com/2017/05/1984-1985-batch-ias-officers-empanelled.html|title=1984, 1985 batch IAS officers empanelled as GoI secretary or secretary equivalent; Full List|website=babusofindia.com|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>

== Education ==
Sawhney holds a degree in [[mechanical engineering]] and is also an alumnus of IIT Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SUPREMO|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14489&PageId=|website=supremo.nic.in|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sawhney has served in various key positions for both the [[Government of India]] and the governments of his cadre. Between 1999-2005, as Special officer for [[IIIT Hyderabad]] and Secretary IT for the state government, Ajay Prakash Sawhney came to the limelight through his success in shaping the conceptual model and development of IIIT Hyderabad. As secretary, IT, at Department of Information Technology in the Andhra Pradesh State Government, he was also credited for roping in large amounts of investment from firms such as Microsoft, Wipro, TCS leading up to an era of unprecedented growth in the IT infrastructure of Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web|title=News Article|url=https://www.itworld.com/article/2783854/careers/the-learning-channel.html?page=2}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/899629491 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/899629276 cite #4 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Rajeev Sangal |url=http://www.edu-leaders.com/articles/19955/a-techie-by-chance}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/899629491 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/899629276 cite #5 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> During the period 2010 to 2012, when Ajay was appointed the CEO of the National e-Governance Division, he laid the initial groundwork for building the [[Aadhaar]] card system and also integrating digital payments in government portals and schemes such as [[BHIM]] and UPI. He was on also given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications till 14 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/it-secretary-sawhney-takes-additional-dot-charge-as-sundararajan-takes-15-day-leave/66084972|title=IT secretary Sawhney takes additional DoT charge as Sundararajan takes 15-day leave|publisher=ET Telecom|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-economic-times/20181006/281951723764094|title=Connecting People Through News|website=Pressreader.com|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>

=== Secretary -IT ===
Ajay Sawhney was appointed as the [[Secretary to the Government of India]] - [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]]. His work on National Policy on electronics was a starting stone for Electronics reforms in this sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/new-policy-on-electronics-likely-in-two-months-it-secretary-ajay-prakash-sawhney/1187543/ |title=New policy on electronics likely in two months: IT secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney |work=The Financial Express |date=30 May 2018 |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/new-policy-on-electronics-likely-in-two-months-it-secretary-ajay-prakash-sawhney/1187543/|title=New policy on electronics likely in two months: IT secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> He has been vocal about right usage of [[social media]] channels in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/social-media-with-large-user-base-should-behave-responsibly-it-secretary-118080700514_1.html|title=Social media with large user base should behave responsibly: IT Secretary|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-08-07|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> His initial work in 2010-2012 as the CEO of the national e-governance programme had served as the starting point for formulation of the Aadhar card system and digital payments in government portals and schemes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fipi.org.in/attachments/23_Dec_15/Session%20I/CV/Ajay%20Prakash%20Sawhney.pdf|title=Ajay Prakash Sawhney Tenure Details|date=29 August 2019|website=Ministry of Personnel Information on Bureaucrats}}</ref> As [[Secretary to the Government of India]] - [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]], he has formulated policies that have led to exponential growth in digital payments in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/government-moots-6-point-formula-to-boost-digital-payments/articleshow/63980830.cms?from=mdr|title=Government moots 6-point formula to boost digital payments|date=1 May 2018|website=Economic Times India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://payswiff.com/swiffblog/how-bharat-qr-fuels-the-growth-of-digital-payments-in-india/|title=Bharat QR and Growth of Digital Payments|date=July 2018|website=Payswiff}}</ref> He has widely been credited for playing a major role in easing policy and encouraging the digital India initiative and the make in India initiative through policy reform, this has helped transform India into an electronics manufacturing hub for the largest mobile and consumer electronics companies of the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-policy/government-looks-to-develop-electronics-component-manufacturing-base-in-india-meity-secy/70871149|title=India as a manufacturing base for electronics components|date=28 August 2019|website=Economic Times India}}</ref>

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