Bio-Profile (In Brief) of Kushal Kumar (K.K.Gupta)
Personal: Born in a Farming Family in village
Kathwari (Balh), District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh. Got initial education from
(the then) Govt. Primary School Ghasnu, did Matriculation from Govt. High
School Bhangrotu. A Science Graduate from Govt. College for Men (Chandigarh)
and a Post Graduate in Public Administration from Punjab University Chandigarh;
Post Graduate in Forestry from National Forest Academy Dehradun.
Professional: Joined
the Indian Forest Service in 1971 and allocated to Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Served as DFO Lahaul & Spiti/ Chamba/ Kunihar/ Solan WP/HQrs/ (DM) Forest
Corpn. Shimla/ MC Shimla and as CF Kullu/ Shimla/ Mandi/ (Director) State Land
Use Board/ (Director Marketing) Forest Corpn. Served as Principle Chief
Conservator of Forests H.P. heading the Wildlife Wing. On deployment outside
the Forest Department in the State, served as MD HPMC/ SIDC/ GIC/ Electronics
Corpn. and as Secretary Agriculture & Horticulture to the State Government.
While on central deputation, served as
Joint Secretary Food Processing & Disinvestment and as Secretary National
Commission for Scheduled Tribes in Govt. of India.
Got very wide exposure nationally as
well as internationally through training and conferences/ seminars/ workshops
in UK/ USA/ Germany/ France/ Holland/ Phillipines/ Malaysia/ Bangladesh.
Notable Works: Plantation
grooves in Lahaul & Spiti; Micro-watershed development models; HPMC
Turnaround; Redrawing the boundaries of Sanctuaries & National Parks to
keep out the habitations; Drafted the National Food Processing Policy;
Facilitated reduction of Micro-nutrient deficiencies (Iron, Iodine, and Vitamin
‘A’) through fortified foods; First Strategic Sale (Modern Foods) and
thereafter those of CMC, Paradip Phosphates, 19 Hotels of ITDC & 3 Hotels
of IHC (Air India Subsidiary), also handled (inconclusive) disinvestments of
Air India/ Indian Airlines/ National Fertilisers/ Shipping Corpn.
Took voluntary (pre-mature) retirement
in July 2007 and settled in farm house at village Lalseri PO Bakhrot Tehsil
Karsog District Mandi Himachal Pradesh. Also renders consultancy services from
work place at C-90, Sector-3, New Shimla-171009
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