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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1956)}}<br />
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|image = <br />
Mr. Alok Ranjan delivering a speech .gif<br />
|office = <br />
|office1 = [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
|term_start1 = June 2014<br />
|term_end1 = 16 July 2016<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Jawed Usmani]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Deepak Singhal]]<br />
|office2 = Chief Adviser to [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] & Chairman, UPSIDC<br />
|prime_minister2 = <br />
|term_start2 = July 2016<br />
|term_end2 = March 2017<br />
|predecessor2 = Office established<br />
|successor2 = Office abolished<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|03|09|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Unnao]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/IAS-GradationList2016.pdf|title=Gradation list of Uttar Pradesh Cadre IAS officers - 2016|website=Department of Appointment and Personnel, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021010956/http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/IAS-GradationList2016.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=15 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
|occupation = Retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS Officer]], Thought Leader, Speaker & Author.<br />
|children = Shivam Ranjan and Shikhar Ranjan<br />
|spouse = Surabhi Ranjan<br />
|party = <br />
|alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|MBA(PGDM, 2yr), IIM Ahemdabad]]<br/>[[St. Stephen’s College|BA(Hon.) Economics, St. Stephen's College]], [[Delhi University]]<br />
|profession = <br />
|sibling = <br />
|website = {{URL|http://ranjanalok.com}}<br />
|name = Alok Ranjan<br />
|order = <br />
|native_name = आलोक रंजन<br />
|native_name_lang = hi<br />
}}<br />
'''Alok Ranjan''' (born 9 March 1956) is a retired 1978 batch [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer from the U.P Cadre. He retired on 1 July 2016<ref name="Express">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/alok-ranjan-appointed-chief-adviser-akhilesh-yadav-uttar-pradesh-2884639/ |title=Alok Ranjan retires as chief secretary today, appointed chief adviser to CM Akhilesh Yadav |last= Seth |first=Maulshree |date=June 30, 2016 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |publisher=[[Indian Express Group]] |access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref> after holding the office of [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] for the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Alok-Ranjan-prepones-March17-deadline-to-complete-Gomti-channelisation-by-a-year/articleshow/50840654.cms|title=Alok Ranjan prepones March'17 deadline to complete Gomti channelisation by a year|date=3 February 2016|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Priyanka|last=Singh|access-date=15 July 2018 }}</ref> for over two years.<br />
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After retirement, he was appointed as the Chief Adviser to Chief Minister of U.P and Chairman U.P.S.I.D.C (Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation).<ref name="Express"/> He resigned from this post following the defeat of the ruling [[Samajwadi Party]] government in the state assembly elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-upele-alok-ranjan-resigned-as-cm-chief-adviser-post-news-hindi-5551160-PHO.html|title=UP Assembly Election 2017: हार के बाद विपक्षी पार्टियों में इस्तीफे का दौर शुरू, इन्होंने किया रिजाइन|date=15 March 2017|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|access-date=21 March 2017|language=hi|trans-title=UP Assembly Elections 2017: After the defeat, the round of resignations start in Opposition Parties.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yogi-adityanath-relieves-non-govt-advisers-chairmen-of-their-charge/article17556361.ece|title=Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath relieves non-govt. advisers, chairmen of their charges|last=PTI|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]<br />
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[[Category:1956 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Unnao]]<br />
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