Owais Ahmed Rana
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Owais Ahmed Rana (born 10 July 1988) is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre. He is serving as the Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate of
Bandipore Bandipore () or Bandipora is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. Bandipora has a ter ...
in North
Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
region of J&K Union Territory. He also served as the Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate of Shopian District of Jammu and Kashmir. Prior to this, he was the chief executive officer of Jammu & Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA), Department of Science & Technology, working under Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He also worked as managing director, JK State Road Transport Corporation.


Early life and education

Owais Ahmed Rana was born in Kalaban village of Poonch on 10 July 1988. He did his early schooling from Delhi Public School, Jammu and from Khuda Bakash Public School, Gujjar Desh Charitable Trust Jammu. Later joined Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir and did bachelor's degree in Veterinary Science from there. In 2012 he joined Kashmir Administrative Services and serves on different positions. In 2014 he joined IAS, later he got Jammu and Kashmir Cadre. From 2014 to till date served as, Sub Divisional Magistrate Marh, Jammu, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of India., Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bhadarwah, Sub Divisional Magistrate. Karnah-Tangdar, Additional Secretary, Finance Department, Deputy Commissioner Shopiyan, and also served as chief executive officer of Jammu & Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA), Department of Science & Technology. He is nephew of a prominent educator, social reformer, thinker and former Vice Chancellor of BGSB University Rajouri Dr
Masud Choudhary Masud Choudhary (10 April 1944 – 16 December 2022) was an Indian educator, social reformer, thinker and an administrator of Jammu and Kashmir union territory. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Raj ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Owais Ahmed Rana Living people People from Jammu and Kashmir Indian Administrative Service officers 1988 births