Shri Baldeo Purushartha appointed as Government Nominee Director of Central Bank of India

Shri Baldeo Purushartha has been appointed as Government Nominee Director of Central Bank of India. He was appointed on 24 July.

Shri Baldeo Purushartha joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2002. Before joining as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, he served as Secretary, Lokpal and Divisional Commissioner, Jalandhar, Punjab.

He also served in various field and secretariat positions in the Government of Punjab and Government of India. Among the posts, he held the post of Private Secretary to Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Director, Industries and Commerce Department, Punjab; Director, Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab, Commissioner, NRI, Punjab and Special Secretary, Expenditure, Punjab.

He represents the Government of India on the Board of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd., (IIFCL), Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Ltd., (IRSDCL), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFCL), National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Trustee Limited (NIIFTL) and National Land Monetization Corporation Limited (NLMCL).

He also represents Government of India as Director in the Executive Board of International Fund for Agricultural Development and as Alternate Director in the Board of New Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He also served as Director on the Board of ONGC Videsh Ltd., Chandigarh Smart City Ltd., AI Assets Holding Ltd., Shri Baldeo Purushartha holds a Post Graduate degree in History from University of Delhi.