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{{Short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jawed Usmani
| image = Jawed Usmani, CS UP, April 2014.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}}
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br/>[[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]]<br/>[[London School of Economics]]
| office = Chief Information Commissioner of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 17 February 2015 | term_end = 8 January 2021
| predecessor = [[Ranjit Singh Pankaj]] | successor =Bhavesh Kumar Singh<ref>{{Cite web |last=ETGovernment.com |title=Retired IPS officer appointed UP Chief Information Commissioner – ET Government |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/retired-ips-officer-appointed-up-chief-information-commissioner/80719005 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=ETGovernment.com |language=en}}</ref>
| office1 = [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] to the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 23 March 2012
| term_end1 = 31 May 2014
| predecessor1 = Anoop Mishra
| successor1 = [[Alok Ranjan]]
| occupation = [[Civil Services of India|Civil servant]]
| birth_name = Jawed Usmani
}}
'''Jawed Usmani''' ({{langx|hi|जावेद उस्मानी}}; {{langx|ur|جاوید عثمانی}}) is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]. He also served as the [[Chief Information Commissioner]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-jawed-usmani-takes-oath-as-up-chief-information-commissioner-2061804 "Jawed Usmani takes oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner"], Daily News & Analysis, 17 February 2015,</ref> He was the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] to the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] from March 2012 to May 2014.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/glass-house/story/20120409-jawed-usmani-chief-secretary-uttar-pradesh-757940-2012-03-30 "New Power Centre"], India Today, 31 March 2012</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140601103527/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/alok-ranjan-to-be-new-uttar-pradesh-chief-secretary/475723-3-242.html "Alok Ranjan to be new Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary"], CNN-IBN, 31 May 2014</ref>

== Education ==
Usmani has an [[MBA]] from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] and an [[MSc]] in Social Policy and Planning from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>Once you join IAS you automatically get degree from Harvard and Taxila. He was topper of IAS with lowest written but highest interview score in 1979. [http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/saba/conferences/2013/speakers.html#14 "Biography of Speakers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420072016/http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/saba/conferences/2013/speakers.html#14 |date=20 April 2014 }}, Columbia Business School India Business Conference 2013, 27 April 2013</ref>

==Career==
Usmani was an officer of the 1978 batch of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14141&PageId=|title=Jawed Usmani – Executive Record Sheet|website=[[Department of Personnel and Training]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref> Prior to appointment as Chief Secretary of [[Uttar Pradesh]], he worked in different capacities in the [[government of India]], including as [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] to the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]].<ref name="persmin">[http://www.persmin.nic.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01UP042400 "Jawed Usmani - Executive Record Sheet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091657/http://www.persmin.nic.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01UP042400 |date=1 October 2015 }}, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India</ref> In the international arena, Usmani was Senior Advisor to the [[World Bank#Leadership|Executive Director]] at the [[World Bank]] in Washington, D.C. and [[Counselor (diplomat)|Minister]] (Economic Cooperation) at the [[List of diplomatic missions of India|Embassy of India]] in Nepal.<ref>[https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/visiting/usmani "Biography of Jawed Usmani"], Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130827215229/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-30/lucknow/31260071_1_chief-secretary-lakh-tonnes-growth-rate "Bureaucracy will be made transparent, accountable: State chief secretary"], The Times of India, 30 March 2012</ref>

Usmani's key assignments in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|state government]] included [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] to the [[Chief Minister of U.P.|Chief Minister]], Special Secretary to the [[Chief Minister of U.P.|Chief Minister]], managing director and CEO of UP State Cement Corporation, and [[District collector|District Magistrate and Collector]] of [[Gorakhpur]] and [[Bulandshahr]] districts. After his removal from the post of [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Government]], Usmani served as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh [[Board of Revenue (Uttar Pradesh)|Board of Revenue]].<ref name=":0" />

Usmani took voluntary retirement (VRS) from the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in February 2015, and was subsequently appointed the Chief Information Commissioner of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and served there till January 2021.

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Vachani |editor1-first=Sushil |editor2-last=Usmani |editor2-first=Jawed |date=2014 |title=Adaptation To Climate Change in Asia |url=http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15176 |publisher=[[Edward Elgar Publishing]] |isbn=9781781954720 |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111222833/http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15176 |archive-date=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.upic.gov.in/ Uttar Pradesh Information Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606142352/http://www.upic.gov.in/ |date=6 June 2016 }}
*{{YouTube|8T1boAZX-8M|Jawed Usmani presenting at "Harvard Without Borders: Mapping the Kumbh Mela" at Harvard University's South Asia Institute}}
*[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120416-high-and-mighty-2012-the-official-top-10-757984-2012-04-07 India Today High and Mighty power list 2012: The Official Top 10]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y33tFz4N7vA/ Rare ! Original IAS Interview Clip of IAS Javed Usmani , 1978 Batch]

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[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
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[[Category:Chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh]]

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