Pranjal Yadav

Pranjal Yadav is an Indian Administrative Services officer^[1] 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.^[2]

Pranjal Yadav
Born	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education	B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering
Alma mater	IIT Roorkee
Occupation(s)	Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW
Years active	2006–present
Employer	Government of India
Organization	Indian Administrative Service officer

Education

He completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from IIT-Roorkee before getting into IAS in 2006.^[3]

Career

In June 2007, he started his career as an assistant collector in Allahabad district and then went next to Siddharth Nagar sub-division as a joint collector.^[4] He was the Azamgarh DM before he was transferred to Varanasi. Yadav was appointed on 3 February 2013 in Kashi.^[5] He has worked against illegal occupation on the streets and for the protection of the Ganga river's historical Ghats.^[6]

Controversies

Pranjal faced controversies over not allowing the prime ministerial candidate to hold a public rally.^[7] 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.^[8]