Shahid Iqbal Choudhary | |
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 Shahid Iqbal receiving Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration from Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi | |
| Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, | |
| In office March 2021 –Present | |
| Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar Government of Jammu and Kashmir [1] | |
| In office February 2019 –March 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Relations | Dr Mehak Shahid (Wife),Shamim Akhter (Mother),Zafar Choudhary (Brother) Javed Iqbal Choudhary MLA (Senator) Brother,Dr Shagufta Choudhary (Sister) |
| Education | B.V.Sc &A.H MSc Natural Resource Management |
| Alma mater | Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat |
| Known for | Work in the Administrative Service. |
| Employer | Government of India |
| Organization | Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
Shahid Iqbal Choudhary is a 2009 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Jammu and Kashmir cadre and the current Secretary/Commissioner,Department of Science And Technology,Jammu &Kashmir. He secured an All India Rank 51 in the UPSC's Civil Services Examination for the year 2008. Shahid was the first Muslim from Jammu region and first Gurjar from J&K to get into Indian Administrative Service as a direct recruit from IAS. [2] [3]