Baseer Ahmad Khan is a Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service officer and inducted to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2000. On the 15th March 2020, he was appointed as an Advisor to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir G. C. Murmu in 2020 and Continued to Manoj Sinha.[1] Before advisor he served as a Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir).[2]

Baseer Ahmad Khan
Advisor to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
15 March 2020 – 5 October 2021
Governor
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byvacant
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir
In office
29 July 2016 – 15 May 2020
Chief Minister
Preceded byAsgar Hassan Samoon
Succeeded byP K Pole
Personal details
Born (1959-06-02) 2 June 1959 (age 64)
Jammu and Kashmir
NationalityKashmiri
EducationB.Sc
OccupationIAS officer, Speaker, author

Background edit

In 2009, when he was Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, he was an accused in the Gulmarg Land Scam.[3] Khan was Deputy Commissioner Srinagar district between December 2011 and March 2013.[4] He was Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, when he attained the age of superannuation on 30 June 2019; however the government extended his service by a year, but before his term was due to end, he was made the fourth advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, G. C. Murmu in March 2020.[5][6][7] As advisor he manages the portfolios of "Power development Department, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Culture, Tourism and Floriculture " among other things.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Baseer Ahmad Khan, IAS, appointed as J&K adviser". The Hindu. 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Baseer Ahmad Khan removed as advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor". The Hindu. 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ Ahmad, Mudasir (16 March 2020). "J&K: Baseer Khan, Accused in Gulmarg Land Scam, Appointed as Advisor to Lt Governor". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. ^ "Former Deputy Commissioners | District Srinagar, Government of Jammu and Kashmir | India". Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  5. ^ Sharma, Arun (2020-03-16). "Gulmarg scam accused Baseer Ahmad Khan to be J&K L-G's adviser". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  6. ^ IANS (15 March 2020). "Baseer Ahmad Khan made advisor to J&K L-G". Outlook India. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  7. ^ "Baseer Ahmad Khan, IAS, appointed as J&K adviser". The Hindu. 2020-03-15. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  8. ^ "KAS Officer Bio Data". jkgad.nic.in. Retrieved 2020-08-14.