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Jawhar Sircar
IAS (Retd.) MP
Sircar in 2013
Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati
In office 2012–2016
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 August 2021
Preceded by
Dinesh Trivedi
Constituency
West Bengal
Personal details
Born
(1952-03-22) 22 March 1952 (age 72) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political party
All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse
Nandita Sircar
Children
1
Education
Calcutta University (BA, MA)
University of Sussex
Website
jawharsircar.com
Jawhar Sircar (born 22 March 1952) is a retired Indian Administrative Services officer, who is prominent as a public intellectual, speaker and writer. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, on 2 August 2021 on an AITC ticket to represent the state of West Bengal.
Sircar joined the IAS in 1975, served as chief executive officer in Prasar Bharati from 2012 to 2016 and was Secretary to the Government of India 2008–12. He has also held important portfolios in the Central and State governments.[1][2][3]
JawharSircar (born 22 March 1952) is a retired Indian Administrative Services officer, who is prominent as a public intellectual, speaker and writer...
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Patnaik, Abhirup Sarkar of Indian Statistical Institute, Rajya Sabha MP JawharSircar, former Prasar Bharti chief and retired Indian bureaucrat, Sanjaya Baru...
2016). So Near, Yet So Far: Badal Sircar's Third Theatre. OUP India. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-19-908958-1. JawharSircar (1999). Parliamentary Elections in...
West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 472. JawharSircar (1999). Parliamentary Elections in West Bengal, 1952-1999. Government...
Awhile). 11th BRM: The 11th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, was inaugurated by JawharSircar, Union Secretary for Culture, on 7 January 2009 at Kamani Auditorium...
HINDU IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL WESTERN BENGAL: THE ROLE OF POPULAR CULTS, JawharSircar, July 2005, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, pp 23-24 Discovery...
Also present during the occasion of were CEO of Prasar Bharati Mr. JawharSircar, Mr. Manfred Haebig, Director, Private, Sector Development, GIZ India...
Francis. p. 178,176. ISBN 978-1-134-49429-3. Retrieved 19 April 2021. Sircar, Jawhar(2016).THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HINDU IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL WESTERN BENGAL...
Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 9788120810242. D.N. Jha (2014), p.11 Dineschandra Sircar (1971). Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India. Motilal...
Chinese Language Newspaper". homegrown.co.in. Retrieved 2023-03-20. Sircar, Jawhar. "The Chinese of Calcutta". Bose, Arpita (2019-06-01). "The Chinese...
Independence. New Delhi, India: Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust. pp. 221–225. Sircar, Pronob Kumar (2021-11-09). History Of The Andaman Islands: Unsung Heroes...
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