Senior IAS officer and former Chief Secretary B R Sharma was re-elected as Chairman of the IIPA, JK Regional Branch for the period 2020-2022, while Dr Ashok Bhan, former DGP, J&K Police, has been nominated as Patron for the Branch. The elections were held during the 41st Annual General Meeting of the Branch, during which the new office bearers for the period 2020 – 2022 were also elected and the Executive Committee was nominated. The office bearers elected for the period 2020 – 2022 are Er J B S Johar – Vice Chairman (Jammu); Dr G N Qasba – Vice Chairman (Kashmir); Dr Pawan Kotwal, – Vice Chairman (Central); Prof Alka Sharma – Hony Secretary; Vikrant Kuthiala – Hony Treasurer; Dr Anil Gupta- Joint Secretary (Jammu); G M Andrabi – Joint Secretary (Kashmir); K B Jandial, Director Seminars; Lt Col (Retd) Karan Singh – Joint Director Seminar (Jammu), Prof S M Afzal Qadri – Joint Director Seminars (Kashmir). The 15 member Executive Committee nominated, includes Kuldeep Khoda , A M Watali, P P Sharma, Dr C M Seth, Prof Rekha Choudhary, Prof Mehrajudin, Er M M Gupta, Prem Gupta, Rajeshwar Singh, Dr Naseer Iqbal Bhat; Vinod Malhotra, Narinder Khajuria, Qazi Shabeer Ahmad, Randheer Singh and Dr Komal Nagar. B R Sharma, in his address, said that more active and focused effort is required to make the branch vibrant and performing. He said that branch is committed to establish itself as a centre for excellence in public administration and management by taking up research projects having public policy implications. Dr Ashok Bhan, in his address, said that the branch should develop Vision 2025 and lay emphasis on quality output in form of policy reports, research projects, training programme, seminars and panel discussions. He said that joint projects in collaboration with academic institutions should be planned. Dr S S Bloeria, former Patron and Chairman of IIPA, JK Regional Branch, in his address, emphasized that the responsibility should be shouldered upon people who can take the branch to achieve its vision. Dr Anil Gupta, Joint Secretary, presented the annual report and Vikrant Kuthiala, Hony Treasurer, presented the statement of accounts for the last financial year. Prof Alka Sharma conducted proceedings of the function while Er M M Gupta was the returning officer during the conduct of the elections.
