Dr. P B Salim is an IAS officer of the 2001 batch belonging to the West Bengal cadre. He hails from the south Indian state of Kerala.
Career
Dr. Salim served in a mix of assignments in West Bengal and Kerala. He started his career as Sub Divisional Officer Barrackpore and thereafter as OSD & under Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of West Bengal; Additional District Magistrate of South 24 Parganas District; General Manager, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation. He served as District Magistrate in two districts of Kerala viz. Kozhikode and Kannur and thereafter in two districts of West Bengal viz. Nadia and South 24 Parganas. He served as CEO, Rastriya Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in West Bengal.
In 2019 He began serving as the Chairman & Managing Director of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL). He holds additional position as Secretary, Chief Ministers Office (CMO) Public Grievances Cell, West Bengal.
Recognition
- United Nations Public Services Award, 2015 – presented by the Secretary General of United Nations – for the pioneering Sanitation Movement in Nadia district
- Green Ganga Award at Rishikesh, June 2017 – presented by Union Cabinet Minister for MDW and Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand – for transforming the million plus Ganga Sagar Mela into a ‘Clean Mela’
Publications
- Malabar Heritage and Culture editor along with Prof Hafis Muhammed and Prof N. C. Vasisht, by Mathrubhumi Publishers
- 101 Success Stories, editor along with Dr Muhammed, by Mathrubhumi Publishers
Planned initiatives
- Sabar Shouchagar (Toilets for all)
References
- "The people's collector: PB Salim". The New Indian Express.
- "Official Website of Barrackpore Sub Division". www.barrackpore.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- "Collector Salim bids farewell to Kozhikode | Kozhikode News – Times of India". The Times of India.
- "Kozhikode gets online sand distribution system".
- ^ "Nadia gets United Nations award for eliminating open defecation". The Hindu. June 28, 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
- "P B Salim IAS appointed Chairman & MD- WBPDCL, WB | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". June 20, 2019.
- "Toilets for all by March: Bengal's Nadia district does its own 'Swachh Bharat' without extra funds". Firstpost. January 22, 2015.
- "West Bengal's Nadia district gets UN Public Service Award". Zee News. May 7, 2015.
- Case Study Gangasgar
- ^ "buy the books written by Dr P B Salim Ias from Kerala Book Store - Online Shopping Store to buy Malayalam Books, eBooks, Audio Books and Movies". keralabookstore.com.
- "Amazon.in". www.amazon.in.
- "'Toilets for All' campaign shortlisted for UN Global Award: CM Mamata Banerjee" – via The Economic Times.
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