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{{Short description|Indian bureaucrat (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = B. P. Acharya
| image = BP Acharya Office.jpg
| caption = Acharya in his office at [[Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of Telangana|MCR HRD Institute]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 30 October 1960
| other_names =
| occupation = Indian Administrative Service Officer
}}

'''B. P. Acharya''' (born 30 October 1960) is a senior officer of the 1983 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS).

== Career ==
Acharya's first government position, in 1985, was as a sub-collector in [[Bhadrachalam]]. In 1993 he became [[Warangal]] collector.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news |title=CRHRD Institute director-general BP Acharya set to retire today |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2020/oct/31/crhrd-institute-director-general-bp-acharya-set-to-retire-today-2217289.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 October 2020 }}</ref> He was Special Chief Secretary, Planning in Telangana until December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140725/nation-current-affairs/article/bathukamma-made-telangana-state-festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726062858/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140725/nation-current-affairs/article/bathukamma-made-telangana-state-festival|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2014|title=Bathukamma is made Telangana state festival|date=July 25, 2014|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-11-13|title=B.P. Acharya posted as Principal Secretary, Planning|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/bp-acharya-posted-as-principal-secretary-planning/article5345826.ece|access-date=2020-10-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/big-plans-on-tourism/article7522190.ece |title=Big plans on tourism |first=Ravi |last=Reddy |date=August 10, 2015|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> On his retirement in 2020, he was Director General for [[Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of Telangana|MCR HRD Institute of Telangana]] and also Special Chief Secretary in General Administration Department for [[Telangana]] State.<ref name=retirement/><ref name=appointed/>

As Secretary, Industries and Commerce, he was involved in creating [[Genome Valley]] on the outskirts of [[Hyderabad]] and many such industrial clusters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swarup|first=Anil|date=1 March 2021 |title=Making it Happen: Genome Valley, the biotech hub of India |url=https://thedailyguardian.com/making-it-happen-genome-valley-the-biotech-hub-of-india/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414112201/https://thedailyguardian.com/making-it-happen-genome-valley-the-biotech-hub-of-india/ |archive-date=14 April 2021 |access-date=8 November 2021|work=The Daily Guardian}}</ref> After retirement, he was appointed as advisor to the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] for their [[National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research]] in Genome Valley.<ref name=appointed>{{cite news|title=ICMR appoints BP Acharya advisor to NARFBR| url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2021/apr/11/icmr-appoints-bp-acharya-advisor-to-narfbr-2288503.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=11 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ఎన్‌ఏఆర్‌ఎఫ్‌ బీఆర్‌కి సలహాదారుగా బీపీ ఆచార్య |trans-title=BP Acharya elected as NIRF BR advisor |url=https://www.eenadu.net/latestnews/bp-acharya-elected-as-nirf-br-advisor/0600/121074091 |date=11 April 2021 |website=Eenadu|language=te}}</ref>

=== Corruption investigation ===
In January 2012, Acharya was arrested by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) on charges of conspiracy, cheating, and corruption in connection with a joint development venture with [[Emaar Properties]] at [[Gachibowli]] during his tenure as vice chairman and managing director of the publicly owned [[Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation]] in 2005–10.<ref name=Rahul>{{cite news |last1=Rahul |first1=N. |title=Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary arrested |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Andhra-Pradesh-Home-Secretary-arrested/article13388470.ece |work=The Hindu |orig-year=30 January 2012 |date=18 October 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/bp-acharya-urges-court-to-absolve-him-in-emaar-case/article4681438.ece |title=B.P. Acharya urges court to absolve him in Emaar case |work=The Hindu |orig-year=4 May 2013 |date=25 July 2016 }}</ref> He was released on bail in March 2012 and surrendered after his bail was revoked later the same month.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emaar case: Suspended IAS officer BP Acharya surrenders |url=https://www.ndtv.com/andhra-pradesh-news/emaar-case-suspended-ias-officer-bp-acharya-surrenders-474067 |work=NDTV.com |date=30 March 2012}}</ref> The accused secured a [[Stay of proceedings|stay]] in early 2016.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sagarkumar |last=Mutha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/emaar-case-no-progress-in-trial-last-year/articleshow/57283200.cms |title=Emaar case: No progress in trial last year |newspaper=The Times of India |date=22 February 2017 }}</ref> The [[High courts of India|High Court]] subsequently quashed the charge against Acharya, and neither he nor another senior IAS officer accused by the CBI were among the 15 people charged in June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |first=M Sagar |last=Kumar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ed-files-chargesheet-in-emaar-scam/articleshow/69848914.cms |title=Enforcement Directorate files chargesheet in Emaar scam |work=The Times of India |date=19 June 2019 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Acharya's wife, Ranjeev R. Acharya, is also a senior IAS officer.<ref name=Rahul/>

== Publications and exhibitions ==

* ''Kakatiya Heritage'', ed. M Pandu Ranga Rao (contribution)<ref>{{Cite news |first=Zareena |last=Parveen |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2020/aug/31/an-expansive-treatise-on-the-golden-era-of-kakatiyas-2190481.html |title=An expansive treatise on the golden era of Kakatiyas |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=31 August 2020 }}</ref>
* ''Obtuse Angle'' at Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad (exhibition)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nadadhur|first=Srivathsan|date=2017-04-29|title=B P Acharya's Obtuse Angle: Travails of a civil servant|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/b-p-acharyas-obtuse-angle-travails-of-a-civil-servant/article18305904.ece|access-date=2020-10-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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MarkKapoor at 05:52, 6 February 2026