Know Your Babu: Higher education secretary Vibha Puri, 1976 batch IAS

Biodata of Vibha Puri Das Name: Ms Vibha Puri Batch: 1976 batch IAS Cadre: Uttarakhand Date of Birth: December 3, 1953 Place of Domicile: Uttar Pradesh Mother Tongue: Hindi Educational Qualifications PG in Political Science, First Division Major Postings a) Under Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development (From June1, 1983 to July 1, 1985) b) Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development (July 1, 1985 to May 31, 1987) c) District Magistrate, Dehradun (October 20, 1987 to July 11, 1989) d) Executive Director, (Director Equivalent) Central Social Welfare Board (June1, 1991 to September1, 1992) e) Managing Director, (JS Level) Kanpur Nagar (March 29, 1995 to April 17, 1997) f) Additional CEO, (JS Level), Greater Noida Authority, (April 17, 1997 to April 13, 1998) g) Vice Chairman, (JS Level), Ghaziabad (April 13, 1998 to November 10, 1998) h) Consultancy (Short Term) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) i) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (August 30, 2000 to August 14, 2003) j) Additional Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, New Delhi (August 4, 2008 till now) Foreign Trainings a) Management in rural development at Manila, Philippines for 2 weeks (1983) b) A 10-week course on poverty alleviation in University of Sussex, UK (1986) c)PDAC, RW&O, in Beijing, China for 2 weeks (1986) d) PCAPP IN ESCAP, for 2 weeks in Thailand (1991) e) Micro CRPPWM at Dhaka, Bangladesh (1991) Awards/Publications Nil