Shekhar Dutt
{{Short description|Governor of Chhattisgarh, India (2010 - 2014)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shekhar Dutt
| honorific_suffix = SM
| image = Shekhar_Dutt.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birthdate and age|1945|12|20|df=y}}
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| order = 4th
| office = Governor of Chhattisgarh
| term_start = 23 January 2010
| term_end = 19 June 2014
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Raman Singh
| predecessor = E. S. L. Narasimhan
| successor = Ram Naresh Yadav {{small|(Acting)}}
| office1 = Deputy National Security Advisor of India
| term1 = 27 July 2007 - 2009
| primeminister1 = Manmohan Singh
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| order2 = 31st
| office2 = Defence Secretary of India
| term_start2 = 29 July 2005
| term_end2 = 31 July 2007
| primeminister2 = Manmohan Singh
| predecessor2 = Ajai Vikram Singh
| successor2 = Vijay Singh
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|alma_mater = Swansea University
|website = [https://www.shekhardutt.in www.shekhardutt.in]
|allegiance = {{flagcountry|India}}
|branch = Indian Army
|serviceyears = 1970–1971
|rank = {{flagcountry|India}}: Short Service Commissioned Officer
|battles = Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
}}
Shekhar Dutt is a retired Indian civil servant who served as governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Earlier he had served on various bureaucratic posts including, as an IAS officer, as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.{{cite news|publisher=New Kerala|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-37022.html|title=Shekhar Dutt sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor|date=2010-01-23}}
Career
Dutt belongs to the 1969 batch of IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre. Dutt became a short service commission officer in the Indian Army. He was awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry while serving with 218 Medium Regiment during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.{{cite web|url=https://corporatecitizen.in/v3-issue9/guest-talk-capt-shekhar-dutt-1971-an-excursion-in-sindh-notings-from-a-soldiers-diary.html|title=Capt Shekhar Dutt: 1971 – AN EXCURSION IN SINDH : Notings from a Soldier's Diary|date=2017-07-16|access-date=2023-11-25}} He held various posts in the Madhya Pradesh government, including Principal Secretary in the Department of Tribal and Scheduled Caste Welfare and Principal Secretary, Departments of School Education, Sports & Youth Welfare.
Dutt was appointed Secretary of the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India. As Director General of the Sports Authority of India, Dutt played a role in the hosting of the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, India in November 2003.{{cite news|publisher=Press Information Bureau|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=10687|title=Shekhar Dutt to be new Defence Secretary|date=2005-07-29}}
He eventually became the Joint Secretary in the Department of Defence Production and later took over as the Defence Secretary of India in 2005. In July 2007, Dutt retired as Defence Secretary and was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor for a two-year term.{{cite news|publisher=Express India|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=90089|title=Shekhar Dutt named Deputy NSA|date=2007-07-27}}
In September 2009, Dutt was named to the board of trustees of DeSales University.{{cite news|publisher=DeSales University|url=http://www.desales.edu/default.aspx?pageid=9400|title=Shekhar Dutt, Administrative Official with Government of India, Joins DeSales University Board of Trustees|date=2009-09-01}}
On 23 January 2010, he assumed the office of the Governor of Chhattisgarh, the post to which he served till his resignation on 18 June 2014.{{cite web|title=Governor of Chhattisgarh|url=http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/governor3.htm|publisher=Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha|accessdate=19 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731125429/http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/governor3.htm|archivedate=31 July 2013}}
Honors and awards
- {{Flagu|Wales}} {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} Honorary degree and Fellow of Swansea University 2018{{cite web | url=https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honourableshekharduttsm/ | title=Honourable Shekhar Dutt SM }}{{cite web | url=http://www.esri-swansea.org/en/honorary-fellows.htm?id=125 | title=Honorary Fellows | Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) }}{{cite web | url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/nation/shekhar-dutt-conferred-with-doctorate-by-uk-university-311364 | title=Shekhar Dutt conferred with doctorate by UK University | date=26 July 2018 }}
- Sena Medal{{cite web|url= https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/ex-servicemen-movement-to-the-forefront/story-kzOewUPkNjJGd6vGXu6y4H.html|title= Ex-Servicemen Movement to the forefront|date=2012-12-25|access-date=2023-11-24}}
Book
"Reflections on Contemporary India" written by Shri Shekhar Dutt and launched by the President of India on 11-Feb-2014.
References
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External links
- [http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/governor3.htm H.E. Shri Shekhar Dutt, Governor of Chhattisgarh]
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Category:Governors of Chhattisgarh
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