Uday Varma new secretary MSME

Uday Kumar Varma taking charge as Secretary in the Ministry of MSME, in New Delhi on Sep 01.

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Saurabh Gupta | 01 Sep, 2010
Uday Kumar Varma, 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, IAS officer, has taken over as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

Uday Varma succeeds Dinesh Rai, who retired as Secretary, Ministry of MSME on August 31. Prior to this, Varma was Special Secretary, Ministry of I&B, where he made significant contribution.

Varma holds Master Degree in Public Administration from the prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA and is a Science (Hons) Graduate from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in French language.

He had a brilliant academic record and has been awarded Gold Medal for obtaining highest position in the University, and another Gold Medal at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration on completion of his training.

Varma has served as District Magistrate and Collector in three districts of Madhya Pradesh, namely, Panna, Mandla and Bilaspur and held positions of Director, Handlooms and textiles, Industries Commissioner, Commissioner, Women & Child Development, Tribal Commissioner and Health Commissioner in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

In Central Government, he has worked at all levels including serving as Private Secretary to Union Ministers, and as Deputy Secretary/Director in the Ministries of Rural Development and Human Resource Development. He has served as Joint Secretary in Labour Ministry and as Additional Secretary and Special Secretary (since November 2009) in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. He has an outstanding service record.

He has authored two books which are on Labour related issues and has written scores of papers which he has presented in various national and international forums.

The preceding secretary, Dinesh Rai has been appointed as Chairman of newly constituted Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA). He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

WDRA will register and accredit warehouses intending to issue negotiable warehouse receipts and put in place a system of quality certification and grading of commodities with a view to protect the interest of holders of warehouse receipts against negligence, malpractices and fraud.