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{{Short description|Indian civil servant (IAS officer) (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sanjay Mitra
| image = File:Sanjay Mitra, IAS (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mitra addressing a press conference in November 2016
| office = 38th [[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]] of India
| bodyclass =
| predecessor = [[G. Mohan Kumar]]
| successor = [[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]]
| term_start = 25 May 2017
| term_end = 23 August 2019
| office1 = Chairman of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/index.jsp?pg=secretary-drdo.jsp | title=Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO | publisher=Defence Research & Development Organisation | accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref><br />{{small|Acting}}
| predecessor1 = [[S Christopher]]
| term_start1 = 29 May 2018
| term_end1 = 25 August 2018<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/distinguished-aerospace-scientist-appointed-as-new-drdo-chairman/articleshow/65542288.cms|title=G. Satheesh Reddy appointed as new DRDO chairman|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=25 August 2018|last1=Gurung |first1=Shaurya Karanbir }}</ref>
| successor1 = [[G. Satheesh Reddy]]
| office3 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]]
| predecessor3 = Samar Ghosh
| office2 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Road Transport and Highways Secretary]] of India
| predecessor2 = Vijay Chibber
| successor2 = [[Rajive Kumar]] {{small|(acting)}}<br />[[Yudhvir Malik]]
| term_end2 = 10 May 2017
| term_start2 = 1 January 2016
| term_end3 = 27 December 2015
| term_start3 = 30 September 2012
| successor3 = Basudev Banerjee
| birth_name = Sanjay Mitra
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) [[Delhi University]]<br>([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])[[Harvard University]]
| profession = [[Civil servant]]
}}
'''Sanjay Mitra''' (born 6 May 1959) is a retired 1982 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer of [[West Bengal]] cadre. He served as [[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]] of India, and prior to that as [[Secretary to Government of India|Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary]], and the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]]. Mitra also served—on an acting basis—as the chairperson of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] for a period of three months.

== Education ==
Mitra holds [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Science]] degrees in physics,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14370&PageId=|title=Sanjay Mitra - Executive Sheet|last=|first=|date=|website=Department of Personnel and Training, [[Government of India]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=162116|title=Sanjay Mitra Takes Over as the New Defence Secretary|last=|first=|date=25 May 2017|website=[[Press Information Bureau of India]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] degree in [[economics]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> and a [[Master of Public Administration]] in [[public administration]] from the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

== Career ==
Mitra has served in various positions for both the [[Government of India]] and the [[Government of West Bengal]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> such as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of West Bengal, [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Health and Family Welfare), chairman and managing director of the [[Grid Corporation of Odisha]], chairperson and managing director of the Orissa Thermal Power Corporation (on deputation to [[Odisha]] cadre), Resident Commissioner of West Bengal and as the [[District collector (India)|district magistrate and collector]] of the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal government]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> and as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Union Road Transport Secretary]], [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|joint secretary]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] and as a deputy secretary in the [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]] in the [[Government of India|Indian government]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

Mitra also served as a consultant to the [[United Nations Development Programme]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Chief Secretary of West Bengal ===
Mitra was appointed the [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal]] by the [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]] in September 2012.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sanjay-mitra-bengal-s-new-chief-secretary-112100102011_1.html|title=Sanjay Mitra Bengal's new Chief Secretary|last=|first=|date=1 October 2012|website=[[Business Standard]]|publication-place=[[Kolkata]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018|agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sanjay-mitra-is-new-bengal-chief-secretary/article12540592.ece|title=Sanjay Mitra is new Bengal Chief Secretary|last=|first=|date=1 October 2012|website=[[The Hindu]]|publication-place=[[Kolkata]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/sanjay-mitra-takes-over-as-bengals-new-chief-secretary_802904.html|title=Sanjay Mitra takes over as Bengal's new Chief Secretary|last=|first=|date=30 September 2012|website=[[Zee News]]|location=[[Kolkata]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> He assumed the office of the [[Chief secretary (India)|chief secretary]] of the state on 30 September 2012 and demitted it on 27 December 2015, after being the state's top [[bureaucrat]] for three years.<ref name=":0" />

=== Road Transport and Highway Secretary ===
[[File:S. Mitra, IAS in a press conference with Nirmala Sitharaman.jpg|left|thumb|315x315px|Mitra (right) in a press conference with [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]], [[Nirmala Sitharaman]]]]
Mitra was appointed the [[Secretary to Government of India|Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary]] by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] (ACC) in December 2015,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/west-bengal-chief-secretary-sanjay-mitra-is-new-roads-secretary/articleshow/50358310.cms|title=West Bengal Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra is new Roads Secretary|last=Sharma|first=Aman|date=29 December 2015|website=[[The Economic Times]]|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sanjay-mitra-is-new-secretary-of-road-transport-highways/story-Fs4tNjGtihTEe86YpyjHlL.html|title=Sanjay Mitra is new secretary of road transport, highways|last=|first=|date=29 December 2015|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> he assumed the office on 1 January 2016 and demitted it on 10 May 2017.<ref name=":0" />

=== Defence Secretary ===
Mitra was appointed the [[Defence Secretary (India)|Union Defence Secretary]] by the ACC in May 2017,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/west-bengal-cadre-ias-officer-sanjay-mitra-to-be-next-defence-secretary/story-ER7EhaGB6DaPYXuTzdF1gP.html|title=West Bengal cadre IAS officer Sanjay Mitra to be next defence secretary|last=Ahuja|first=Rajesh|date=10 May 2017|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/sanjay-mitra-appointed-as-new-defence-secretary-4650100/|title=Sanjay Mitra appointed as new Defense Secretary|last=|first=|date=10 May 2017|website=|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/reshuffling-in-the-cabinet-aruna-sundarajan-gets-telecom-sanjay-mitra-gets-defence/articleshow/58613439.cms|title=Central government departments get new secretaries, Sanjay Mitra gets Defence|last=|first=|date=11 May 2017|website=[[The Economic Times]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> succeeding G. Mohan Kumar. Mitra served as an officer on special duty, in the rank of [[Secretary to the Government of India|secretary]], till Kumar's retirement, he formally took charge on 25 May 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

Mitra retired on 23 August 2019, and was succeeded by [[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=192758|title=ACC appointments|date=2019-08-21|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=SpokespersonMoD|number=1164874563630407680|title=Defence Secretary @drajaykumar_ias felicitating his predecessor Shri Sanjay Mitra at his farewell in New Delhi, today.|date=2019-08-23}}</ref>

=== Post Retirement ===
After retiring from the IAS, Mitra became a professor of practice at the School of Public Policy at [[IIT Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Agrawal|first=Akash|date=May 1, 2021|title=Sanjay Mitra's Profile, School of Public Policy|url=https://spp.iitd.ac.in/profile-sanjay.php}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Sanjay Mitra (civil servant)|Sanjay Mitra}}
* {{URL|1=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14370&PageId=|2=Executive record sheet as maintained by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions}}

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