Hardik Satishchandra Shah is an Indian civil servant as a member of

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of Gujarat Cadre and is currently serving as the Private Secretary to the

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. He previously served as a Deputy Secretary in the

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(PMO) from August 2019. He is a 2010-batch

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officer.

Education and early life

Shah holds degrees in BTech, MTech and law. He received his bachelor's degree in Law from Gujarat University. He did a post-graduate certificate in Environment Impact Assessment from the

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. He has done a

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in environmental engineering from Gujarat University. He was also a fellow at the

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. He was selected for

in 2010. He began his career as a junior engineer in the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). He is given credit for making Gujarat Pollution Control Board's operations modern and transparent. In 2017, Shah was handpicked by PM

as Private Secretary to the Union minister of environment, forest and climate change and information and broadcasting. In August 2019, Hardik Shah was appointed as deputy secretary in the

(PMO). Shah was also behind the PM Modi's national plan to control the plastic menace and environment conservation. He has played an important role in bringing key policy changes nationally in controlling environmental pollution and promoting environmental protection in states. He has closely worked with Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, professor

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and environmental engineer John Briscoe.

Recognition

He received the 'Special Recognition Award' as a Member Secretary, GPCB for e-Governance under 'Environment Category' by CSI Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2009–2010. In 2013, he was awarded the AMA's Outstanding Manager of the Year Award 2013 by the

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