Career Timeline

1. 2010 – 2017

   J&K Administrative Service; Indian Forest Service

   Jammu & Kashmir · Uttar Pradesh

   Qualified the J&K Combined Competitive Examination in 2010 (Rank 22) and served in the J&K Administrative Service for about two years. Qualified the Indian Forest Service Examination 2012 with All-India Rank 23; trained at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun (2013–15); served as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Gonda), from 2015.

   Services

   JKAS (2010–12); IFoS 2013 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre

   Posting

   Deputy Conservator of Forests, Lucknow / Kuana range, Gonda

   News from this period Media report · Zee News, 1 June 2017

2. 2017 – 2019

   Indian Administrative Service: selection and training

   LBSNAA, Mussoorie · Jammu & Kashmir

   Secured All-India Rank 10 in the Civil Services Examination 2016 (result declared 31 May 2017) and was allotted the IAS, 2017 batch, AGMUT cadre. Completed the Foundation Course and Phase-I training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, followed by district training in Jammu & Kashmir.

   Batch and cadre

   IAS 2017, AGMUT (J&K segment)

   Allotment year

   2017

   News from this period Media report · Business Standard / PTI, 31 May 2017

3. October 2019 – March 2021

   

   Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Karnah-Tangdhar

   District Kupwara

   First independent field charge, with additional charge as Sub-Registrar. Responsibilities included management of the early COVID-19 response, winter stocking of essential supplies, traffic regulation over the Sadhna Pass, medical evacuations by Army helicopter, monitoring of PMGSY road projects, distribution of 40 poly-greenhouses under the Cluster Model Village Scheme, and planning for 300 individual bunkers in border villages.

   Transferred by

   Government Order No. 246-JK(GAD) of 2021, dated 16 March 2021

   Media coverage

   37 articles · 42 videos

   District pageNews from this period Media report · Kashmir Reader, 21 April 2020

4. 18 March 2021 – 8 January 2024

   

   Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam

   District Kulgam

   Deputy Commissioner, District Magistrate, District Development Commissioner and District Election Officer. The district achieved 100% COVID-19 vaccination coverage, commissioned a 1,000 LPM oxygen generation plant, attained 100% saturation under AB-PMJAY SEHAT, completed digitisation of all 273 Jamabandis, attained ODF Plus (Model) status, and launched the Madadgar application and the Rehbar Kulgam self-employment portal. District Kulgam received the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2023.

   Appointed by

   Government Order No. 246-JK(GAD) of 2021 · charge assumed 18 March 2021

   Predecessor

   Showkat Aijaz Bhat

   Successor

   Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, IAS (8 January 2024)

   Media coverage

   656 articles · 80 videos

   District pageNews from this period Media report · Srinagar Observer, 18 March 2021

5. 8 January 2024 – 15 June 2025

   

   Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar

   District Srinagar

   Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate; District Election Officer and Returning Officer, 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency (General Election 2024); District Election Officer for all eight Assembly constituencies (Legislative Assembly Election 2024); Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority; Chairman, District Red Cross Society. Initiatives included the Chinar Book Festival, the E-Arzi portal, the first SMILE shelter home in J&K, a 100-day TB elimination campaign, road-safety measures and heritage-restoration reviews.

   Appointed by

   GAD order dated 4 January 2024

   Predecessor

   Mohammad Aijaz Asad, IAS

   Successor

   Akshay Labroo, IAS

   Media coverage

   2,183 articles · 126 videos

   District pageNews from this period Media report · The Kashmir Monitor, 8 January 2024

6. 16 June 2025 – 25 February 2026

   

   Deputy Commissioner, Budgam

   District Budgam

   Deputy Commissioner, District Magistrate and District Development Commissioner; District Election Officer for the bye-election to the 27-Budgam Assembly constituency (November 2025). The tenure covered relief and restoration after the September 2025 floods, progress on the 125-bed New District Hospital, demarcation of the Hokarsar Ramsar wetland, land procedures for the expansion of Srinagar airport, public darbars across the district, and the launch of the e-Nigrani works-monitoring application.

   Appointed by

   GAD order dated 11 June 2025

   Predecessor

   Akshay Labroo, IAS

   Successor

   Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, IAS (26 February 2026)

   Media coverage

   657 articles · 54 videos · 497 official Facebook posts

   District pageNews from this period Media report · KNS, 16 June 2025

7. 26 February 2026 – present

   

   Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag

   District Anantnag

   Deputy Commissioner, District Magistrate and District Development Commissioner. Concurrently Principal Census Officer for Census-2027, Yatra Officer for the Pahalgam axis of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2026, Chairman of the District Task Force for HPV vaccination, and District Election Officer for the Panchayat electoral-roll revision 2026. Work to date includes the 100-day Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan, clearance of backlog land mutations, approval of Mission YUVA cases, civil-defence preparedness and the presentation of the district's Jal Jeevan Mission practices at the national Peyjal Samvad 2026.

   Appointed by

   Government Order No. 230-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated 20 February 2026

   Predecessor

   Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid, IAS

   Media coverage

   503 articles · 96 videos

   District pageNews from this period Media report · JK Monitor, 26 February 2026

Dates reflect the government order and the reported date of assumption of charge. The commencement of the Karnah posting (October 2019) is taken from officer-tracker records; the earliest press reference is 10 February 2020. Probationary attachments during 2018–19 are not shown.