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{{Short description|Civil Servant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anshu Prakash
| office = Telecom secretary
| term_end = 30 September 2021
| term_start = 1 August 2019
| predecessor = [[Aruna Sundararajan]]
| successor = K.Rajaraman
| office1 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Delhi]]
| lieutenant_governor1 = [[Anil Baijal]]
| predecessor1 = M. M. Kutty
| successor1 = [[Vijay Kumar Dev]]
| term_end1 = 18 November 2018
| term_start1 = 4 December 2017
| 2blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata1 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|09|20}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[Delhi University]]<br />[[Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi]]
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| profession = [[Civil servant]]
}}

'''Anshu Prakash''' (born 20 September 1961; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Aṃśu Prakāśa}}) is a retired 1986 batch [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) cadre of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]-[[Goa]]-[[Mizoram]]-[[Union territory|Union Territories]] (AGMUT) cadre. He served as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Delhi]] from 4 December 2017 to 18 November 2018. He also served as secretary in the telecom department of the [[Ministry of Communications (India)]] from 1 August 2019 to 30 September 2021 .<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Anshu Prakash {{!}} Department of Telecommunications {{!}} Ministry of Communication {{!}} Government of India|url=https://dot.gov.in/whoswho/shri-anshu-prakash|access-date=2021-03-28|website=dot.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
Prakash completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[economics]] from the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] at the [[University of Delhi]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14829&PageId=|title=Anshu Prakash - Executive Record Sheet|website=Department of Personnel and Training, [[Government of India]]|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-delhi-chief-secretary-anshu-prakash-5071186/|title=Who is Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash?|date=20 February 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=Express Web Desk|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|oclc=70274541}}</ref> and also has an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA degree]] from [[Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi]] at the University of Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Prakash has served in various key positions for both the [[Government of India]] and the governments of his cadre, such as [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of Delhi|Delhi]], [[Principal secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Health and Family Welfare), additional commissioner in the now-trifurcated [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]], chairman and managing director of [[Delhi Transport Corporation]], secretary of [[New Delhi Municipal Council]], Registrar of Cooperative Societies in the [[Government of Delhi|Government of NCT of Delhi]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> [[District collector (India)|district magistrate and collector]] of a [[List of districts of Goa|district]] in the [[Government of Goa]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and as [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary]] and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Rural Development, [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|additional secretary]] in Department of Heavy Industries of [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]], [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|joint secretary]] in [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]], and as a director in the Department of Economic Affairs of [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs]] in the [[Government of India|Indian government]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

He has also served as, on different occasions, as the [[Private Secretary|private secretary]] of the [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]] and the [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Chief Secretary of Delhi ===
Prakash was appointed as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of Delhi in December 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/centre-names-anshu-prakash-as-delhis-new-chief-secretary/article21245173.ece|title=Centre names Anshu Prakash as Delhi's new Chief Secretary|date=2 December 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=Staff Reporter|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/anshu-prakash-appointed-delhi-chief-secretary-1098315-2017-12-01|title=Anshu Prakash appointed Delhi chief secretary|date=1 December 2017|website=[[India Today]]|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|issn=0254-8399|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/anshu-prakash-appointed-delhi-chief-secretary/story-UB5MDe7T1Z4F4EqL4DDb1K.html|title=Anshu Prakash appointed Delhi chief secretary|date=1 December 2017|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=HT Correspondent|publication-place=[[Delhi]]}}</ref> he assumed that office on 5 December 2017.<ref name=":0" /> He was transferred to the department of telecommunication on 18 November 2018.

== Controversies ==
Prakash was allegedly manhandled by [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP) in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-chief-secretary-anshu-prakash-alleges-assault-at-arvind-kejriwals-home-by-2-mlas-1814773|title=Delhi Chief Secretary Alleges Assault At Arvind Kejriwal's Home By 2 MLAs: 10 Points|last=Basu|first=Snigdha|date=20 February 2018|editor-last=Ghosh|editor-first=Deepshikha|website=[[NDTV]]|publication-place=[[Delhi]]|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-chief-secretary-assault-case-live-updates-anshu-prakash-assaulted-arvind-kejriwal-aap-bjp-congress-5071066/|title=Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash'assault' case LIVE UPDATES: IAS body up in arms, AAP calls press meet at 4 pm|date=20 February 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=20 February 2018|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|oclc=70274541}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/bjp-says-delhi-cs-assaulted-at-arvind-kejriwal-s-residence-aap-denies-allegation/story-ZCXtDMAKZt3xNEJuRu7JDK.html|title=Delhi chief secretary allegedly assaulted at Kejriwal's residence, IAS officers protest|date=20 February 2018|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=HT Correspondent|publication-place=[[Delhi]]}}</ref> AAP countered Prakash's claim by saying that he had stated "He is not responsible to the chief minister or the MLAs", adding that Prakash had "used bad language against some MLAs and left without answering any questions".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aap-mlas-assaulted-me-delhi-chief-secretary/article22810256.ece|title=AAP MLAs assaulted me: Delhi Chief Secretary|date=February 21, 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=October 10, 2018|publisher=[[N. Ram]]|others=Staff Reporter|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14829&PageId= Executive record sheet as maintained by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India]

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[[Category:People from Delhi]]
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