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Dr Rajender Kumar appointed as Additional Director, GIPCL
Dr Rajender Kumar, MD, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, has been appointed as Additional Director, Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (GIPCL). He is a 2004-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), belonging to the Gujarat Cadre. He holds a B.A.M.S. in Ayurvedic. He has over two decades of experience in public administration, public policy and development economics across leading national and international institutions.
He has served as District Development Officer for Bharuch and Ahmedabad districts, and as Collector & District Magistrate of Rajkot and Surat. During his district assignments, he played a key role in strengthening public service delivery, improving education quality and health outcomes, upgrading rural sanitation, maintaining law and order, and advancing disaster management and mitigation systems.
From 2016 to 2021, he worked at the policy formulation and strategic leadership levels in the Government of India. As Director to the Prime Minister of India (PMO), he has worked on the evolution of strategic thinking, policy formulation and policy implementation on key flagship schemes and programs such as Swachh Bharat Mission, AM RUT Mission, Smart Cities Mission, Housing for all under PMAY, Mission lndra-Dhanush, Health for all-Ayushman Bharat & PMJAY scheme, National Digital Health Mission etc. He has worked very closely on the Formulation of National Education Policy 2020.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, he served as the sectoral officer in-charge of health in the PMO and acted as a central co-ordinating authority across Ministries, Departments, and State Governments. He convened two national Empowered Groups-Medical Management and Logistics- and was deeply involved in India's pandemic response strategy and in shaping India's vaccine strategy including the Vaccine Maitri global outreach programme.
From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Kumar served on the Board of the World Bank as an Advisor to the Executive Director for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, and as Council Member of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), representing India and neighbouring count ries. He represented India at several key global institutions and forums including IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, the G-24, the GEF Council, the Global Biodiversity Fund negotiations in Brasilia, the GEF Assembly in Vancouver, and the IDA Mid-Term Review in Zanzibar.
He has served as District Development Officer for Bharuch and Ahmedabad districts, and as Collector & District Magistrate of Rajkot and Surat. During his district assignments, he played a key role in strengthening public service delivery, improving education quality and health outcomes, upgrading rural sanitation, maintaining law and order, and advancing disaster management and mitigation systems.
From 2016 to 2021, he worked at the policy formulation and strategic leadership levels in the Government of India. As Director to the Prime Minister of India (PMO), he has worked on the evolution of strategic thinking, policy formulation and policy implementation on key flagship schemes and programs such as Swachh Bharat Mission, AM RUT Mission, Smart Cities Mission, Housing for all under PMAY, Mission lndra-Dhanush, Health for all-Ayushman Bharat & PMJAY scheme, National Digital Health Mission etc. He has worked very closely on the Formulation of National Education Policy 2020.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, he served as the sectoral officer in-charge of health in the PMO and acted as a central co-ordinating authority across Ministries, Departments, and State Governments. He convened two national Empowered Groups-Medical Management and Logistics- and was deeply involved in India's pandemic response strategy and in shaping India's vaccine strategy including the Vaccine Maitri global outreach programme.
From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Kumar served on the Board of the World Bank as an Advisor to the Executive Director for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, and as Council Member of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), representing India and neighbouring count ries. He represented India at several key global institutions and forums including IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, the G-24, the GEF Council, the Global Biodiversity Fund negotiations in Brasilia, the GEF Assembly in Vancouver, and the IDA Mid-Term Review in Zanzibar.
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