Yogendra Narain: Difference between revisions

| name               = Yogendra Narain

| office             = [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]

| honorific_prefix   =  

| image               =  

| predecessor         = Ramesh Chandra Tripathi

| successor           = V. K Agnihotri

| termend             = 14 September 2007

| termstart           = 1 September 2002

| office2             = 32nd [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of Uttar Pradesh

| predecessor2       = Ravindra Shankar Kumar

| office1             = 28th [[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]] of India

| predecessor1       = [[T. R. Prasad]]

| successor1         = Subir Dutt

| termend1           = 30 June 2002

| termstart1         = 20 October 2000

| termend2           = 20 October 2000

| termstart2         = 2 April 1998

| successor2         = B. N. Tiwari

| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|05|26}}

| birth_place         = [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />(now [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)

| nationality         = Indian

| spouse             =  

| occupation         = Retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer

| awards             = Dean [[Paul H. Appleby]] Award (2017)

| office3             = [[Secretary to Government of India|Water Resources Secretary]] of India

| termstart3         = 1 April 1997

| termend3           = 1 April 1998

'''Yogendra Narain''' (born 26 June 1942) is a 1965 batch retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is a former [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]. He also served as the [[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary of India]], [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Secretary to Government of India|Surface Transport Secretary of India]]. He is the current Chancellor of [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]] (HNBGU) situated in [[Pauri Garhwal]] district of Uttrakhand. From 2007 to 2017, he was serving as Director at [[Reliance Power]] and [[Reliance Infrastructure]].

Narain was appointed as the [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]] by the [[Vice-President of India|Vice President of India]] and ''[[ex-officio]]'' Chairman of Rajya Sabha,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/secretary_general/former_Secretary_general.asp|title=FORMER SECRETARIES-GENERAL OF THE RAJYA SABHA|website=[[Rajya Sabha]]|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/resume/211/Obi_Ref_1a5.pdf|title=RETIREMENT OF DR. YOGENDRA NARAIN AS SECRETARYGENERAL, RAJYA SABHA|date=10 September 2007|website=[[Rajya Sabha]]|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> he assumed the office of 1 September 2002 and demitted it on 14 September 2007.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />