After the former IAS officer T Nanda Kumar abruptly resigned from the
chairmanship of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Department
of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Govt of India has given Dilip Rath,
Managing Director of the Dairy Board an additional charge of
Chairmanship till the regular appointment.
Rath was closely involved in project conceptualization and formulation
of NDP. As the Mission Director of NDP, he is actively pursuing the
project objectives, an NDDB statement said here.
Rath brings with him a wide experience in dairy development and
cooperatives. He was instrumental in implementing various schemes of the
Central Government, viz., National Project on Cattle and Buffalo
Breeding, Intensive Dairy Development Programme, Clean Milk Production,
Assistance to Cooperatives, besides being the divisional head of 12
cattle development organizations under Central Government.
After receiving Master’s degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru
University, he received MSc in Economics from the London School of
Economics.
He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1979 and served in
different capacities under the State Governments of West Bengal, Odisha
and the Central Government.
He was Joint Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries, Government of India from 2008 to 2010 and Director on the
board of NDDB.
Rath also held post of chairman of the Delhi Milk Scheme’s management
committee. He was also responsible for monitoring country’s milk
situation in the context of inflation of essential commodities.
Source : The Hindu BusinessLine
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