Vijay Singh (born 13 July 1948) is a former officer from the

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(IAS), 1970 batch,

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Cadre. He was appointed Defence Secretary, in the

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, in August 2007. He succeeded

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, IAS, of 1969 batch, who, on superannuation, was appointed as Deputy

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for Strategic and Defence related subjects in the National Security Council Secretariat, with rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, for a term of 2 years. In 2018, he was made chairman of Tata Advanced Systems and vice-chairman Tata Trusts. Mr Vijay Singh is also a member of Governing Council at the prestigious Tata Memorial Centre, a grant in aid institution under the Administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy, GOI.

Career

Singh obtained his master's degree in History from

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. * 1970 joins IAS, Madhya Pradesh Cadre. * 1971-1982, held various administrative posts, including that of

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Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

and

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

. * 1982-1987, on deputation to the Government of India, served as Director and Coordinator for festival of India in USA, France, USSR and Japan. * 1987-1996, reverted to Madhya Pradesh, and served as Commissioner Jabalpur, and Indore Division, and Home Secretary. * 1996-2004, on deputation to the Government of India, served as Financial Advisor, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Additional Secretary in the Ministries of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Information and Broadcasting * 2004-2006, reverted to Madhya Pradesh, and served as Chief Secretary Madhya Pradesh. * February- July 2006, Secretary, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. * August 2006-July 2007, Secretary, Road Transport and Highways in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. * August 2007-July 2009, Defence Secretary, superannuated, 31 July 2009, after a term of two years. He was succeeded by Pradeep Kumar, Secretary, Department of Defence Production, a 1972 batch IAS officer of

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cadre on 1 August 2009. * Nov 2009-April 2013, Member, Union Public Service Commission . Resigned in April, 2013, from the UPSC. Joined Tata and Sons, few months after leaving the UPSC. * Nov 2013-to date, Non Executive Director of Tata Sons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Vijay 1948 births Living people Indian Administrative Service officers Delhi University alumni Defence Secretaries of India District magistrate