Sh. Amarjeet Sinha

Shri Amarjeet Sinha is a distinguished former IAS officer of the 1983 batch, Bihar cadre, with over forty years of experience in governance, particularly in rural development and the social sector. He retired as Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of India, in 2019, and subsequently served as Adviser to the Prime Minister until July 2021, focusing on social and rural initiatives. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress and chairs PRADAN, while serving on the advisory boards of HelpAge India and the Sampark Foundation.

He played a key role in designing major national programmes including Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Rural Health Mission, and contributed significantly to governance reform across livelihoods, health, education, and social welfare. He also led initiatives such as the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. A noted public policy thinker, he has authored fourteen books and numerous articles on inclusive development; his major works include An India for Everyone and The Last Mile, and his research focuses on multidimensional poverty, governance, and human development. He has taught and mentored extensively, training IAS officers for over 35 years at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and teaching public policy at institutions including the Indian School of Business and Ashoka University. An alumnus of St. Stephen's College, he topped Delhi University and holds a Rhodes Scholarship among other distinctions.