Is Parvez Dewan most stylish babu in corridors? And who was the secretary finding a place at a billboard in Mumbai?

IF YOU thought this man in the photo is a star or a model, you are grossly mistaken. No prize for guessing, but tourism secretary Parvez Dewan who is turning 60 this October is one of the few stylish bureaucrats that corridors have today. It was November 2009, BoI had carried the photo of skin-headed bureaucrat of 1975 batch Ashok Sinha, calling him the most…

Will new tourism secretary Parvez Dewan be a game-changer?

Parvez Dewan as ITDC chairman (File Photo)

FOR Parvez Dewan, the new tourism secretary and 1977 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, it’s like a homecoming. Between April 2006 and December 2009, Dewan was the chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation, a post currently held by a seasoned politician. So, who is Parvez Dewan, and why he is brought into the tourism ministry by shifting out the incumbent? Here is more: