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Prior to joining the IJSG, he was working as the Secretary,
Ministry of Social Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, Government of
India. Earlier, he was the Joint Secretary to the Government
of India in the Ministry of Textiles and looking after
various natural as well as manmade fibres including jute,
silk, and wool. He was also in charge of promoting technical
textiles in the country. He took several initiatives in
making the jute industry modern and vibrant through
modernization and diversification of jute products. Mr.
Singh was the Project Director of Jute Technology Mission of
Government of India. He was also a Director of the Boards of
the Jute Corporation of India (JCI), the Jute Manufactures
Development Council (JMDC) and the then National Council for
Jute Diversification (NCJD).
Besides, he worked in the Ministries of Home Affairs, Sports
& Youth Affairs, Industrial Development, Revenue, Tourism,
Rural Development and General Administration both in the
Government of India and in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
The most important task before him as the fourth Secretary
General of the IJSG will be:
(a) to revive and revitalize the jute fibre as a
natural fibre which would provide livelihood opportunities
to millions of farmers and breathe new life in a decadent
industry;
(b) to provide proper focus to allied natural
fibres like kenaf, sisal, coir and hemp;
(c) to promote diversification of these natural fibres
mainly in the areas of technical textiles like geotextiles
and agro textiles;
(d) to ensure application and commercialisation of
previous studies and R&D findings in studies sponsored by
IJSG; and
(e) to ensure continuation of IJSG as the duly
international organisation dealing with jute.
The immediate priorities for him would be to embark upon the
extension of the organisation and also a fruitful
renegotiation of the agreement establishing the IJSG which
will lead to a massive membership drive to bring into the
fold all stakeholders of natural fibres which would include
not only allied fibres using nation states but also a large
world wide private sector.
It may be mentioned that Mr. Bhupendra Singh was appointed
as the Secretary General of the IJSG at its Eleventh Session
of the Council held during 02-03 May 2010. |
