B. Rajender, a 1995-Bihar cadre IAS officer presently working as a Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and a native of combined Adilabad in Telangana, is set to become the first permanent representative of India in the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations at Rome.
Mr. Rajender was felicitated by officials of the Agriculture Department here on Sunday. Principal Secretary (Agriculture) C. Parthasarathi, Commissioner of Agriculture Rahul Bojja, Director of Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority K. Keshavulu were among others who felicitated Dr. Rajender.
A native of Kouta village of Boath mandal in Adilabad district, Mr. Rajender did his school education in his village. and Intermediate in Adilabad. Later, he studied M.Sc (Agriculture) at the Agriculture University here and completed his Ph.D at the Indian Institute of Agricultural Research (IARI) at Delhi.
After being selected as IAS officer he was allotted to Bihar, where he worked for nine years, including as district collector of six districts, Director of Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry Departments, Seed Development Corporation and as Secretary in the Roads & Buildings, Finance and Industries departments. He has been the Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry since 2015.
Along with representing India in FAO he would also act as the country’s representatives in the World Food Organisation (WFO) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Speaking at the felicitation, Mr. Parthasarathi stated that there was all-round appreciation to the Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima schemes being implemented by Telangana government when he presented them at a FAO meet in November. Deputy directors of TSSOCA G. Sudarshan and Bhaskar Sing and others participated.
