Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Profile :
NAME : Sh. Prashant Kumar Singh
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Government e Marketplace (GeM), Government of India. He is a bureaucrat of the Indian Administrative Service of 1993 batch.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and a gold medal in his Master's Degree in Public Policy & Sustainable Development from TERI University, New Delhi.
In his last role, Sh. Singh was Principal Secretary & CEO, Election Deptt, Imphal and also held charge of the Departments of Urban Development and PHED. He has handled diverse departments in the State Government, including Personnel, GAD, Health & Family Welfare, Education & Tourism.
Sh. Singh has had two terms earlier in Government of India. He served as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Steel from 2002-06 where he was instrumental in framing the National Steel Policy and was part of the negotiating team from India for the development of a “Steel Specific” agreement for the WTO’s “Agreement on Subsidies & Countervailing Measures”. In the second deputation, Sh. Singh was Director and then Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas during 2010-14. He handled refineries, pricing & supply as Director and later handled the Gas Division & International Cooperation Division as Joint Secretary. For a brief period, he was Managing Director of NCCF as well.
Sh. Singh is a keen sportsperson and regularly plays tennis and other racquet games. He is also an avid reader having multi-dimensional interest areas.
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