Biography of pulok chatterji melanie 2
Pulok Chatterji
Indian civil servant
Pulok Chatterji (born ) is an Indian civil servant who served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, from to [2][3] He formerly served as Executive Director to the World Bank and Joint Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office from to [4]
He is a batch Indian Administrative Serviceofficer from Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Early life and education
His late father had been Chairman of United Commercial Bank.
Biography of pulok chatterji melanie His late father had been Chairman of United Commercial Bank. He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. By , he was aged 32 and Collector of Sultanpur in UP. In , he was awarded the C.He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[1]
Career
By , he was aged 32 and Collector of Sultanpur in UP. He moved to the PMO as Deputy Secretary when Rajiv Gandhi took over as PM in He worked at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and as Officer on Special Duty to Sonia Gandhi.[5]
In , when United Progressive Alliance came to power, he returned to PMO serving as Joint Secretary to Government of India before being promoted as Secretary to Government of India.
In , he was awarded the C.F. Andrews Distinguished Alumni Award by the St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[1]
Controversies and allegations
File notings available with India Today show that Pulok Chatterji, a senior official in the PMO in , was fully aware of A. Raja's dubious decision-making in 2G spectrum case.
In this note, Chatterji basically agrees that spectrum can be allotted on payment of normal fees—the existing usual fee of Rs 1, crore—which is what the nine licensees forked out for a pan-Indian footprint.[6]
As Joint Secretary in the PMO, Chatterji wrote a note on 3 December , favouring Kalmadi's appointment citing the host city contract and precedent of the Asian Games.
Chatterji's note said Kalmadi should head the OC, but recommended caveats to address concerns raised by then sports minister Sunil Dutt.[6][7]
In , several reports state that he was responsible for tampering of the CBI coalgate report.[8][9]