BHUPENDRA SINGH - NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF IJSG

 

Mr. Bhupendra Singh has joined as the new Secretary General of the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) at its headquarters in Dhaka on October 01, 2010 as the successor of Mr. Sudripta Roy (India).  Mr. Singh, a national of India, is a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and has put in 23 years in the civil service of the Government of India holding a number of important positions.

 

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.

 

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