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{{short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name=Parikipandla Narahari
| image =P. Narahari by SouLSteer.jpg
| caption = Narahari at his [[Gwalior]] Office
| occupation= {{Unbulleted list|Principal Secretary, [[Public Health Engineering Department]], [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]}}
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|3|1}}
| birth_place= [[Karimnagar]], [[Telangana]]
| education = [[Bachelor of Engineering|BE]] in [[Production engineering]] and [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Economics
| children = Two
| spouse = S. B. Gita Narahari
| alma_mater= [[Osmania University]] ([[Vasavi College of Engineering]]) and [[Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University|Bhoj University]]
| website=
}}

'''Parikipandla Narahari''' (born 1 March 1975) also known as '''P. Narahari''' is an Indian civil servant employed by the [[Indian Administrative Services]] and author.<ref name="DP&TGOI-20130618">{{cite web|url=http://persmin.nic.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01MP047800|title=Complete Biodata|publisher=Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India|accessdate=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620015014/http://persmin.nic.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01MP047800|archive-date=20 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to ''[[Tehelka]]'', Narahari, in his capacity as [[District collector]] of [[Gwalior]], is one of India's few civil servants to use social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to interact with citizenry to solve their problems. The issues citizens of Gwalior raise on Narahari's [[Facebook features#Wall|wall]] were automatically directed to concerned departments.<ref name="Tehelka-20130302">{{cite news|url=http://tehelka.com/gwaliors-game-changer/|title=Gwalior's Game Changer|last=Ghoshal|first=Shonali|date=2 March 2013|work=Tehelka.com|accessdate=18 June 2013|archive-date=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425184408/http://tehelka.com/gwaliors-game-changer/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HT-20121016">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/MadhyaPradesh/Got-a-complaint-Poke-Gwalior-collector-on-Facebook/Article1-945195.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016222312/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/MadhyaPradesh/Got-a-complaint-Poke-Gwalior-collector-on-Facebook/Article1-945195.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2012|title=Got a complaint? Poke Gwalior collector on Facebook|last=Nichenametla|first=Prasad|date=16 October 2012|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref> ''The Better India'' recognized Narahari as 10 most inspiring [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officers of the year 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title= 10 IAS Officers Who Made 2017 Better With Their Brilliant Initiatives |date=21 December 2017 |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/125102/inspiring-ias-officers-india-brilliant-initiatives/ |publisher= The Better India |accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref> Narahari is one among of those rare professional officers to be credited as Publicity Advisor to three successive governments of different parties.

Narahari has written ten books, ''Who Owns Mhow?'' and ''The Making of Ladli Laxmi Yojna''. The latter concerns the [[Ladli Laxmi Yojana]], an initiative of the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] planned by Narahari which later inspired [[Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana]].<ref name="hamariladli-20130618" /> He also wrote the song [[Ho Halla]] which was sung by [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]. In 2020, he started the program of [[Swachhta Ke Sur]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mpbreakingnews.in/Bhopal/Swachhata-Ke-Sura-to-be-played-in-the-bhopal-58511/|title=राजधानी में छिड़ेंगे स्वच्छता के सुर|date=10 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dastaknews.com/ujjainnews.php?id=124193|title=स्वच्छता के सुर|date=11 January 2020}}</ref> under [[Swachh Bharat]] Abhiyan to make people aware, which included [[Bollywood]] singer [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Javed Ali]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mpbreakingnews.in/gwalior/singer-javed-ali-proves-to-be-helpful-gwalior-ranks-third-in-ranking-for-the-first-time-58801/|title=सिंगर जावेद अली मददगार साबित, रैंकिंग में पहली बार ग्वालियर तीसरे पायदान पर|date=16 January 2020}}</ref> [[Payal Dev]], [[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]] and [[Dev Negi]].

==Early life==
Narahari was born to Satyanarayana and Sarojana on 1 March 1975. His grandparents belong to Chintagattu village near [[Warangal]]. Narahari studied mechanical engineering at [[Osmania University]] and was selected to work with [[Indian Engineering Services]] in 1999. He was also selected for organisations [[Bharat Dynamics Limited]] (BDL), [[National Aluminium Company]] (Nalco) and [[Gas Authority of India Limited]] (GAIL). He was selected as Scientist-B at Advanced Research Centre International (ARCI), [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]], Government of India. He worked in this organisation from January 2000 to August 2001 till he joined the [[Indian Administrative Services]] in September 2001. He completed his schooling from India Mission Secondary School, Basantnagar. He completed Intermediate from NLVRGSRVJC(APRJC) Nimmakuru.<ref>{{cite web |title=A true son of the soil |date=20 June 2016 |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Commoner/2016-06-20/A-true-son-of-the-soil/236368 |publisher=[[The Hans India]] |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>
he was brought up in basanthnagar, Peddapalli mandal, Karimnagar district, [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/karimnagar-link-to-indias-cleanest-city/article18405641.ece|title=Telugu connection to India's cleanest city|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 May 2017|last1=Reddy|first1=R. Ravikanth}}</ref>

==Career==
He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 2001.<ref name="DP&TGOI-20130618" /> In 2002, he was posted as Assistant Collector at Chhindwara. He became the Assistant Collector and City Magistrate, Murar along with SDO (Revenue) & SDM Dabra in Gwalior in 2003, SDO (Revenue) & SDM Mhow in Indore in 2004. He was appointed as Municipal Commissioner of Indore Municipal Corporation in 2005. In 2006, he became Project Director ICDS & IFAD, managing director WFDC and ex-officio Deputy Secretary in Women and Child Development Department, Bhopal. In April 2007, he was transferred as chief executive officer of Chhindwara Zila Parishad and ex-officio Additional Collector (Development) there. On 9 August 2007, he became District Magistrate and Collector of Seoni, later in 2009 as DM & Collector of Singrauli, then as DM & Collector of Gwalior in 2011 and lastly as DM & Collector of Indore in 2015 and served till 2017. After serving as Revenue Secretary<ref>{{cite web |title=इंदौर के पूर्व कलेक्टर पी. नरहरि बने राजस्व सचिव |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-IND-HMU-MAT-latest-indore-news-035003-2988605-NOR.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref> and Secretary and Commissioner of Aviation, Public Relations, Urban Administration Departments of [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] and as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Marketing Cooperative Federation. P Narahari last served as Secretary of Micro Small Medium Enterprises Department & Sports and Youth Welfare Department. Presently{{when|date=July 2024}} he is posted as Principal Secretary of Public Health Engineering Department.<ref>{{cite web |title=whos-who |url=http://mpmarkfed.mp.gov.in/whos-who}}</ref> He served as [[Chancellor (education)#Vice-chancellor|VC]] of [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication|MCNUJC]] from 8 January to 25 February 2019 and once again from 19 April to 21 May 2020.

He made [[Gwalior district]] 95% [[Universal design#The .22Barrier-Free.22 concept|barrier-free]] in two years to help persons with disabilities, senior citizens, women easily access public spaces. Thus making [[Gwalior]] an example for other cities in [[India]] as reported by ''[[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Satyamev Jayate]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title= MUMKIN HAI |url=http://www.satyamevjayate.in/mumkinhai.aspx?uid=E0RIV6 |publisher=[[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Satyamev Jayate]] |accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ACCESSIBLE GWALIOR |url=http://www.satyamevjayate.in/persons-with-disabilities/accessible-gwalior.aspx |publisher=[[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Satyamev Jayate]] |accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The importance of being Aamir |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141130/spectrum/main1.htm | date=30 November 2014 | newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | location=Chandigarh |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>

In [[Indore]] as District Collector he focused on health, education and [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{cite web |title=p narahari collector indore |url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/regional-hindi-news/p-narahari-collector-indore-115050100085_1.html |publisher=Web Dunia |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> Indore also became the cleanest city in India under [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]] where Narahari played a key role. Narahari is credited for not only establishing Social Media wing in the Public Relations Department of Government but also making it a frequently used tool for publicity of the government programs, [[policies]] and [[activity (project management)|activities]].

==Discography==
=== Hindi songs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Music director !! Lyrics !! Label !! Singer
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''2020'''
|''Jai Hind''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|rowspan="3" |''Folk Culture''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]'' & ''Jatinder Singh''
|-
| ''Jeena Jeena - How to live with Covid19''
| ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
| ''P Narahari''
| ''[[Dev Negi]]'' & ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|-
|''Jai Ho - Corona warriors''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]''
|-
| ''Plastic''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|rowspan="3" |''Ree Musical''
|''[[Shankar Mahadevan]]'' & ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|-
| ''Khelo Madhya Pradesh''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[Dev Negi]]''
|-
| ''Helmet''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|-
| rowspan="5" |'''2019'''
| ''[[Chauka (song)|Chauka]]''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|rowspan="5" |''Ree Musical''
|''[[Shankar Mahadevan]]''
|-
| ''You Are Special''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
| ''Shivang Mathur'' & ''Deepanshi Nagar''
|-
| ''MP Swachhta Anthem''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]'', ''[[Payal Dev]]'', ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]'', ''[[Javed Ali]]'' & ''[[Dev Negi]]''
|-
| ''Swachhta ki Rajdhani''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]''
|-
| ''Cheer Haran''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''Rishiking'' & ''P Narahari''
|''[[Payal Dev]]'' & ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2018'''
| ''Hattrck''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''Rishiking'' & ''P Narahari''
|rowspan="5" |''Hribom''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]'', ''[[Jubin Nautiyal]]'', ''[[Payal Dev]]'' & ''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|-
| ''Mera Madhya Pradesh''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''Rishiking'' & ''P Narahari''
|''[[Shankar Mahadevan]]'' & ''[[Dev Negi]]''
|-
| ''Ao Chale School''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]'', ''[[Jyotica Tangri]]'' & ''[[Suzanne D'Mello]]''
|-
|'''2017'''
| ''[[Hai Halla]]''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]'' & ''[[Payal Dev]]''
|-
|'''2016'''
|''[[Ho Halla]]''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''[[shaan (singer)|Shaan]]''
|}

=== Telugu songs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Music director !! Lyrics !! Label !! Singer
|-
|'''2019'''
| ''Memega Netannalam''
|''[[Rishikesh Pandey|Rishiking]]''
|''P Narahari''
|''Ree Musical''
|''[[Payal Dev]]''
|}

== Bibliography ==

===Books===
*''Who Owns Mhow?''
*''The Making of Ladli Laxmi Yojna''
*''Rise of social media in Madhya Pradesh'', published by Director Public Relations department, [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
*''Betiyaan'', published by Indra Publications, Bhopal
*''The Great Tale of Hinduism'', published by Manjul Publications, Bhopal
*''The Great Vedic Tales'', published by [[Prabhat Prakashan]], Delhi
*''Swachh Indore'', published by [[Prabhat Prakashan]], Delhi
*''Ram Ka Rajyabhishek'', Published by Mahagatha, Delhi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/mahagatha-launched-the-spiritual-book-ramraja-written-by-p-narahari-and-rishikesh-pandey20240316130130/|title=Mahagatha Launched the Spiritual Book "Ramraja" written by P Narahari and Rishikesh Pandey|date=2024-03-16}}</ref>
*''The Pasamanda Muslim of Indian Sub-Continent'', Publication by Mahagatha, Delhi (Yet to be released)
*''The OBCs Uprising'', Published by Mahagatha, Delhi
*''Shakari - Vikramaditya,'' Published by Mahagatha, Delhi<ref>{{cite book|author1=P Narahari |author2=Devrishi |date=2025 |title=Shakari |publication-place=India |publisher=Mahagatha |isbn=978-93-6212-931-4 |ol=59529736M}}</ref>

==Awards==
He got more than 60 awards for his excellent performance in his administrative career till now{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}.

* 2005: [[CRISIL]] Award 2005 for Excellence in Municipal Initiatives, as Municipal Commissioner [[Indore]].<ref name="hamariladli-20130618">{{cite web|url=http://www.hamariladli.org/profiledm.aspx|title=P. NARAHARI (IAS 2001 Batch Madhya Pradesh Cadre) |work=hamariladli.org|publisher=Office of the District Magistrate, Gwalior and Competent Authority Pre conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques, Gwalior|accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2011: [[Dainik Bhaskar]] Group's India Pride Awards, in the category of Impact Creator-Civil Servant.<ref name="hamariladli-20130618" />
* 2013: award from the [[Internet and Mobile Association of India]] for his efforts relating to use of social networks to engage citizens.<ref name="Tehelka-20130302" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Gwalior Collector got the Award on Best use of Social Networking Sites |url=http://mapit.gov.in/morenews.aspx |publisher=[[Madhya Pradesh]] Agency for Promotion of IT |accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Awarded by ''Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of IT'' under category "Best project implemented through innovative use of Information Technology" of project Hamari Ladli<ref>{{cite web |title=Category 3 : The best project implemented through Innovative use of Information Technology |url=http://mapit.gov.in/itawards/(S(jgvqis1gnoqv5mdy0i3jha3z))/result.html |publisher=[[Madhya Pradesh]] Agency for Promotion of IT |accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Awarded by ''India Book of Records'' for organizing a tree plantation event in which 1,33,000 plants were sowed in one day<ref>{{cite web |title=Category 3 : The best project implemented through Innovative use of Information Technology |date=20 May 2014 |url=http://www.indiabookofrecords.in/records-gallery/most-plants-sowed-in-a-single-day |publisher=India Book of Records |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Received [[Manthan Award]] for usage of Active Tracker Device to eliminate [[Female foeticide in India|female foeticide]] under [[Save girls]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web |title= e-Health |url=http://southwestindia.manthanaward.org/winners/ |publisher=[[Manthan Award]] |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Received [[National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities|National Award for "Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities]]" by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] for creation of barrier-free environment for the persons with disabilities in [[Gwalior district]].<ref>{{cite web |title= President awards Gwalior collector for helping disabled |url=http://freepressjournal.in/president-awards-gwalior-collector-for-helping-disabled/ |work=[[The Free Press Journal|Free Press Journal]] |accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= P narhari got national award for special work for physically challenged |url=http://www.patrika.com/news/p-narhari-got-national-award-for-special-work-for-physically-challenged/1047592 |publisher= [[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]] |accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref>
* 2015: Received 'Public Servant of the Year' by [[UBM plc|UBM]] Giving Back CSR & NGO Awards 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title= Public Servant of the Year |url=http://www.giving-back.in/winners.aspx |publisher=Giving Back |accessdate=25 December 2015}}</ref>
* 2016: Received [[National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities|National Award for "Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities]], 2016" by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] for "Outstanding Work in the Creation of Barrier-Free Environment for the Persons with Disabilities".<ref>{{cite web |title= List of Persons/Institutions Selected for National Awards, 2016 |url=http://www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/page/national-awards.php |publisher= Disability Affairs |accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>
* 2016: Received ‘District Collector Digital Champions’ award for influential implementation of [[Information and communications technology|ICT]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Winners |url= http://dcaward.defindia.org/winners-2016/ |publisher= Disability Affairs |accessdate= 2 March 2017 |archive-date= 3 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170303042833/http://dcaward.defindia.org/winners-2016/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* 2017: Awarded at 8th [[NCPEDP MphasiS Universal Design Awards|NCPEDP-Mphasis]] Universal Design Awards 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title= 8th NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards 2017 |url=http://www.ncpedp.org/album21 |publisher= [[National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People|NCPEDP]] |accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref>
* 2018: Awarded Joint Runner-up in "e-Governance Excellence Awards Madhya Pradesh 2017" under "Improvement in Citizen Service Delivery/Governance through use of IT" category by Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion for Information Technology<ref>{{cite web |title= e-Governance Excellence Awards 2015–17 |url=http://mapit.gov.in/itawards/ListofAwardeesforWebsite15-17.pdf |publisher= Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology |accessdate=22 September 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: Received Excellent Contribution Award in "[[G Files awards|G Files Governance Awards]]" for his unique socio-economic development initiatives in state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite web |title= P Narahari IAS awarded Excellent Contribution Award |url=https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/p-narahari-ias-awarded-excellent-contribution-award/ |publisher= Indian Bureaucracy |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|9963323}}
* [http://www.yumpu.com/s/7UYKdnPe1IWx6OaV Parikipandla Narahari on VIDHATHA e-Magazine]

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