Sanjeev Chopra

Sanjeev Chopra is a retired IAS officer of the 1985 batch; from Kapurthala, Punjab. He is now the primary patron and honorary consultant to a literary festival: the Valley of Words International Literary Festival,[1] held annually in Dehradun, India. He is a former Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.[2] Immediately prior to this, he was the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, in charge of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department and Director General of ATI, Kolkata.[3]

Chopra at Valley of Words

Sanjeev Chopra
Ex-Director Of LBSNAA
Incumbent
Personal details
Born3 March 1961
Spouse(s)Rashmi Chopra
Children2
OccupationEX, IAS now Patron of VOW and historian at residence

Chopra has been in the Indian Administrative Services since the last 30 years at the apex level, and has attained degrees in law, history and literature.

Chopra in 2019 lecturing as Director, to IAS Trainees at Mussoorie.

Early life

He joined Lyallpur Khalsa College,[4] Jalandhar, where he began his academic and literary careers. While editing the college magazine, The Beas, he also published his first book of poems Ecstasy in 1978, and wrote regularly for youth magazines, besides conducting programs at the local radio station. For some time he worked as a journalist for the The Economic Times, before cracking the Indian Civil Services Exam at age twenty-three. This was followed by a bureaucratic career here in India and abroad. From 2017 he has been the honorary curator of The Valley of Words and now he runs it. 2021's Valley of Word's literary festival will be held in 5 cities in India over a period of time. He is currently writing books on an Indian leader and one on Indian cartography. Chopra in recent times has contributed articles to The Print where he, unlike many retired bureaucrats, shows a penchant for disturbing the status quo.

Career

Writing and Literary Festivals

The Valley of Words International Literary Festival, a unique literary festival held annually in Dehradun, was conceptualized under Chopra's leadership. Discussing the theme of the festival, he said:

Our endeavor has been to encourage all forms of creative expressions — from poetry to puppets, photography to philately, dance, theatre, music. In fact, the word is not just a word. It symbolizes the evolution of humankind. In many ways, the word is subliminal and a city which does not give a central place to the arts cannot be lively, vibrant, aesthetic and inviting.[5]

Bibliography

Books
  • Ecstasy (Poetry Book) published in 1978, as the then-editor of the Lyallpur Khalsa College Magazine, The Beas
  • Ghatal Year Book (1989) published by the Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal; the first attempt to capture the entire gamut of socio economic and cultural activities in an administrative sub division in India.
  • Management System for District Administrators published by National Management Program, MDI. Gurgaon as a monogram
  • Co-operatives : Policy Issues for the SAARC Region (Bookworld Dehradun)
  • Creating the Space (Bookworld Dehradun)
  • Co-operatives: From Control to Regulation (Bookworld Dehradun)
  • Ten Thousand Crores: A Personal Memoir of Industrialisation in Uttarakhand (Book World Dehradun)

Articles
Recent Articles
Title Date Link
Follow up on the findings :

A call to action on the issues highlighted by NABARD

 20/08/2018 [6]
The untapped potential :

Trade between India and Bangladesh stands at $9 billion and can increase threefold by doing away with Non-Tariff Barriers

 12/08/2018 [7]
Turf wars & marginal farmer :

West Bengal has taken pioneering steps in making the agriculture department sensitive to the needs of small growers.

 06/08/2018 [8]
For a fluid management:

It is clear that changing the course of a river is not the best solution. Growing suitable crops instead is a smarter option

 27/07/2018 [9]
Wider canvas for agriculture :

By limiting both state and market interventions to two major staples, we are damaging the long-term economic and ecological foundations of agricultural growth.

 19/07/2018 [10]
Beyond wheat-rice duopoly :

To popularise nutri-cereals among farmers it is important to establish a robust pricing and support mechanism

 12/07/2018 [11]
A requiem for pulses!:  

If paddy farmers get a raise, wheat farmers in Rabi can also expect a similar dispensation. Wheat shares a competitive advantage with paddy

 04/07/2018 [12]
Market for organic producers 19/05/2016 [13]
PMKSY anchorage :

Agriculture port is a better bet

 04/05/2016 [14]
The infinite potential of tourism 27/04/2016 [15]
Bringing pulses to the forefront 20/04/2016 [16]
Game changer for agriculture 14/04/2016 [17]
The Budgetary Head for Interest Subvention 16/03/2016 [18]
The Gobind Bhog Utsab 2016 02/03/2016 [19]
From the anecdotal to the empirical 24/02/2016 [20]
Farmers of the world unite! 17/02/2016 [21]
Doubling farmers income by 2020 10/02/2016 [22]
Maati Tirtha, Maati Utsab 03/02/2016 [23]
Changing dynamics of the Delhi Police 30/10/2015 [24]

References
  1. "Valley of Words - Advisors". valleyofwords.org.
  2. "LBSNAA Director's Message". lbsnaa.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "IAS Posting Notification" (PDF). wbpar.gov.in.
  4. "Lyallpur Khalsa College".
  5. Punch, The. "Word symbolises the evolution of humankind: Sanjeev Chopra". thepunchmagazine.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. "Follow up on the findings". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. "The untapped potential". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  8. "Turf wars & marginal farmer". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  9. "For a fluid management". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  10. "Wider canvas for agriculture". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  11. "Beyond wheat-rice duopoly". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  12. "A requiem for pulses!". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  13. "Market for organic producers". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  14. "PMKSY anchorage : Agriculture port is a better bet". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  15. "The infinite potential of tourism". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  16. "Bringing pulses to the forefront". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  17. "Game changer for agriculture". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  18. "The Budgetary Head for Interest Subvention". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  19. "The Gobind Bhog Utsab 2016". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  20. "From the anecdotal to the empirical". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  21. "Farmers of the world unite!". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  22. "Doubling farmers income by 2020". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  23. "Maati Tirtha, Maati Utsab". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  24. "Changing dynamics of the Delhi Police". Millennium Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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