Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 24-
Decorated IAS officer Dr. Ravi Bhagat on Monday assumed the charge of Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister here at his office in the presence of senior officers of the state government.
Pertinently, Dr. Ravi Bhagat, a senior officer of the Indian Administrative service, had served the state government in various capacities. A 2006 batch IAS officer, Dr. Ravi Bhagat has a penchant for out of the box ideas to improve the delivery of citizen centric services to people. He is known for his proactive and responsive approach towards public service.
A doctorate in Geopolitics of MSP, Dr. Ravi Bhagat had started his coveted service as Sub Divisional Magistrate Malout 2008-2009 followed by which he served as Deputy Commissioner in Faridkot, Amritsar and Ludhiana. Apart from serving as Chief Administrator Punjab Urban Development Authority and GMADA, Secretary Mandi Board, CEO e-Governance, Director Public Relations, Secretary New and Renewable energy Resource, Dr. Ravi Bhagat has been smoothly and effectively rendering his services Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister from 2021 till now. The officer has been credited for introducing several new innovations in Health, Education, social security and mobile governance sectors.