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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Pranjal Yadav <br />
|alt = Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical, Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW<br />
|birth_date = <br />
|birth_place = [[Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh]], India <br />
|education = B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering<br />
|alma_mater = [[IIT Roorkee]]<br />
|occupation = Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW<br />
|years_active = 2006–present<br />
|employer = [[Government of India]]<br />
|organization = [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer}}<br />
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'''Pranjal Yadav''' is an [[Indian Administrative Services]] officer<ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Tough’ Varanasi DM in his toughest job|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/tough-varanasi-dm-in-his-toughest-job/|website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> who is the Special Secretary at the National Integration Department; Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare and Additional Mission Director, National Health Mission, Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pranjal Yadav|url=http://niyuktionline.upsdc.gov.in/ias-posting-detail.htm?487|website=Department of Appointment and Personnel Govt. of Uttar}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
He completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from IIT-Roorkee before getting into IAS in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/who-is-pranjal-yadav-the-ias-officer-who-nixed-modis-varanasi-rally-1515335.html|title=Who is Pranjal Yadav, the IAS officer who nixed Modi's Varanasi rally?|website=Firstpost}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In June 2007, he started his career as an assistant collector in [[Allahabad]] district and then went next to [[Siddharthnagar District|Siddharth Nagar]] sub-division as a joint collector.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pranjal Yadav: DM who eased Varanasi's traffic problems|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pranjal-yadav-dm-who-eased-varanasis-traffic-problems/articleshow/34846506.cms|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> He was the Azamgarh DM before he was transferred to Varanasi. Yadav was appointed on 3 February 2013 in Kashi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=वाराणसी में पॉप्युलर हैं प्रांजल यादव|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/lok-sabha-2014/pranjal-yadav-in-varanasi-are-poplur/articleshow/34844664.cms|website=[[Navbharat Times]]}}</ref> He has worked against illegal occupation on the streets and for the protection of the [[Ganga]] river's historical Ghats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The IIT-groomed babu who said ‘no’ to Modi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/The-IIT-groomed-babu-who-said-no-to-Modi/articleshow/34847896.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
Pranjal faced controversies over not allowing the prime ministerial candidate to hold a public rally.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Arun Jaitley stands by BJP's criticism of Election Commission directive to deny Modi permission for rally in Varanasi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/highlights/story/arun-jaitley-narendra-modi-election-commission-pranjal-yadav-beniyabag-192533-2014-05-12|website=India Today|access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref> The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate in Varanasi, [[Narendra Modi]], has been a favorite of the locals despite not allowing the rally to be held in the sensitive Benia Bagh ground in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The IIT-groomed babu who said ‘no’ to Modi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/The-IIT-groomed-babu-who-said-no-to-Modi/articleshow/34847896.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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