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| name = Dinesh Singh<br />
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| office = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary]] of Rajya Sabha Secretariat<br />
| term_start = 2015<br />
| term_end = 2017<br />
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Secretary General}}<br />
| 1namedata1 = Shumsher K Sheriff<br />
| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Vice President of India}}<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]<br />
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| birth_date = 23 June 1954<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[IIT Kanpur]]<br/>[[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]<br />
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'''D.B. "Dinesh Bahadur" Singh''' is a career India civil servant, [[mathematician]] and a scholar who formerly served as [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]<ref name="Appointment Singh RS">{{cite web|title=Appointment of DB Singh as Secretary in Rajya Sabha Secretariat|url=http://164.100.47.185/circular/show.aspx?Cno=7539&ft=P|work=[[Rajya Sabha]]|access-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040113/http://164.100.47.185/circular/show.aspx?Cno=7539&ft=P|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Rajya Sabha Secretariat,<ref name="Appointment Singh RS"/> [[Parliament of India]], i.e. the Upper House in the Indian Parliament (similar to the [[House of Lords]] but different as most Rajya Sabha members are elected by people's representatives, unlike most of the members of the House of Lords who have peerages bestowed upon them).<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Deputy Prime Minister's office - Historic Bill to reform House of Lords|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-bill-to-reform-house-of-lords|website=Website of the UK Government|publisher=HMSO|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed as Advisor in Rajya Sabha in 2014 and previously served as Additional Secretary and [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref name="Rajya Sabha">{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/rajya-sabha-deputy-chairman-reviews-development-schemes/96160.html |title=Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman reviews development schemes |access-date=7 December 2015 |last= |first= |author2= |date= |publisher=Greater Kashmir}}</ref><br />
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He is a 1981 batch [[Central Secretariat Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]].<ref name="Civil List 2013 CSS">{{cite web |url=http://persmin.gov.in/DOPT/CSWing/CSDivision/CSS/css_civillist/CivilList_CSS2013.pdf |title=Year 2013 Civil List of Group A officers of CSS |access-date=2 December 2015 |last= |first= |author2= |date= |publisher=[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)|Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]], Government of India}}</ref><ref name="Rajya Sabha Officer and Staff 2016"/><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
D.B. Singh has degrees in [[Bachelor of Science]], [[Master of Science]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in [[Mathematics]]<ref name="Civil List 2013 CSS"/> from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]].<ref name="Rajya Sabha Officer and Staff 2016">{{cite web |url=http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/rss/stafflistgrade1.pdf |title=List of Officers and Staff of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat as on 03/08/2016 (Archived) |access-date=10 August 2016|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121010246/http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/rss/stafflistgrade1.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2016 }}</ref> He also has a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]<ref name="Rajya Sabha Officer and Staff 2016" /> and a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[United Kingdom]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Singh joined the [[Central Secretariat Service]] in 1981<ref name="Civil List 2013 CSS"/> after qualifying through the [[Civil Services Examination]]. He has undergone professional trainings in prestigious institutes of USA, UK, Japan, Spain and Thailand. He has led delegation of officers of Rajya Sabha to US Congress, Australian Parliament and South African Parliament. He has also led Indian delegation for negotiation of bi-lateral investment and promotion treaties to various countries.<br />
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He has previously served as [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] of Rajya Sabha<ref name="Rajya Sabha"/> and has also worked in [[Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Economic Affairs]], Constitution Review Commission and [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]]{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}. He also served as [[Officer on Special Duty (India)|Officer on Special Duty]] to [[Suresh Pachouri]], then [[Ministers of State|Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)|Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}.<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
He is the first non [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer and the first retired civil servant to hold the position of [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] in Rajya Sabha{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web<br />
| url = http://164.100.47.5/newsite/rssorgchart/sec.aspx<br />
| title = Dr. DB Singh, Secretary of Rajya Sabha<br />
| publisher = [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Parliament of India]]<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160419033653/http://164.100.47.5/newsite/rssorgchart/sec.aspx<br />
| archive-date = 19 April 2016}}<br />
* [http://164.100.47.4/rssorgchart/showallrecord.aspx Rajya Sabha Secretariat] Complete list of officials at Rajya Sabha<br />
* {{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/vp-provokes-editors-24x7-agitation-putting-pressures/211219.html<br />
| title = Vice President of India provokes editors: '24X7 agitation' putting pressures<br />
| publisher = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160419033041/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/vp-provokes-editors-24x7-agitation-putting-pressures/211219.html<br />
| archive-date = 19 April 2016}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040113/http://164.100.47.185/circular/show.aspx?Cno=7539&ft=P Appointment of DB Singh as Secretary] at Rajya Sabha<br />
* [http://www.babusofindia.com/2015/08/know-your-babu-how-db-singh-of-central.html Dr. DB Singh] Blog News<br />
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