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{{Short description|Indian Civil Servant}}
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'''Ramesh Inder Singh''' is a former [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian civil servant]] and the incumbent Chief Information Commissioner of the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="ISB profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.isb.edu/pinnacle-2013/speakers | title=ISB profile | publisher=Indian School of Business | date=2015 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Pvt bodies">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/pvt-bodies-ngos-that-get-govt-aid-are-under-rti-act-cic/ | title=Pvt bodies, NGOs that get govt aid are under RTI Act | newspaper=The Indian Express | date=13 March 2011 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> He was the Deputy Commissioner of [[Amritsar]] during the [[Operation Blue Star]], the military action at the [[Golden Temple, Amritsar, India|Golden Temple]] in 1984<ref name="Many supporters of Operation Bluestar enjoyed SAD patronage post-1997">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Many-supporters-of-Operation-Bluestar-enjoyed-SAD-patronage-post-1997/articleshow/30645308.cms | title=Many supporters of Operation Bluestar enjoyed SAD patronage post-1997 | newspaper=Times of India | date=19 February 2014 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> and has served as the Chief Secretary of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Ramesh Inder Singh, IAS, Chief Secretary Punjab">{{cite web | url=http://dvnews.skyrock.com/1492186344-Mr-Ramesh-Inder-Singh-IAS-Chief-Secretary-Punjab-presiding-over-a.html | title=Ramesh Inder Singh, IAS, Chief Secretary Punjab | publisher=DV News | date=22 January 2008 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Ramesh inder singh.jpg|thumb|]]
==Biography==
Singh secured his master's degree in Political Science and a law degree from the [[University of Delhi]] to start his career as a member of faculty of political science at his alma mater.<ref name="ISB profile" /> Later, he worked as a consultant with the [[World Bank]] before entering the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1974 from the [[West Bengal]] Cadre.<ref name="ISB profile" /> he was joined to Punjab in July 1978 and posted as ADC Faridkot in August 1978. after he served as ADC sangrur and Director rural Development and Panchayat Raj. He was taken charge on 4 June 1984 from Sar Gurdev singh Brar as the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar, and he held several posts such as Principal Secretary to [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]], Principal Secretary at the Department of Industries, Punjab, Managing Director of Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation and the Director General of Punjab Markfed. He also worked as the secretary with the [[Union government of India|Union Government]] at the Department of Labour and Employment and Department of Cooperation and headed the [[Employees' State Insurance]] Corporation.<ref name="ISB profile" />

In 2007, Singh was made the Chief Secretary of Punjab during the [[Prakash Singh Badal]] ministry.<ref name="Many supporters of Operation Bluestar enjoyed SAD patronage post-1997" /> Before his superannuation on 30 September 2009, he was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of the state, a post he has been holding since then.<ref name="Ramesh Inder is Chief Info Commissioner">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090528/punjab.htm#2 | title=Ramesh Inder is Chief Info Commissioner | publisher=Tribune | date=27 May 2009 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Special Lecture on Right to Information: Law, Policy & Perspectives">{{cite web | url=http://www.itmindia.edu/school_of_law/pdf/special_lectures/Right-to-Information-Act-Mr.RameshInderSingh-IAS-Chief-Information-Commissioner-State-of-Punjab.pdf | title=Special Lecture on Right to Information: Law, Policy & Perspectives | publisher=ITM University | date=2015 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> He is recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]], which he received in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

==See also==
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* [[Operation Blue Star]]
* [[Golden Temple, Amritsar, India|Golden Temple]]
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