Draft:Sanjay Prasad

Sanjay Prasad
Sanjay Prasad
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Principal Secretary, Home Department
Personal details
Occupation	IAS officer

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Declined by Lynch44 12 days ago. Last edited by Kuru 10 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Source 3 is not considered reliable by Wikipedia standards. Lynch 44 10:50, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Dalchanddc (talk) 10:10, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Sanjay Prasad is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1995 batch belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. ^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "IAS officer Sanjay Prasad is now the most powerful bureaucrat in UP, given charge of Home and Information". News18 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ Madhuparna Das (2 September 2022). "'Yogi's pick', zooming through ranks — who is Sanjay Prasad, now UP's 'most powerful' IAS officer". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[1] "IAS officer Sanjay Prasad is now the most powerful bureaucrat in UP, given charge of Home and Information". News18 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[2] Madhuparna Das (2 September 2022). "'Yogi's pick', zooming through ranks — who is Sanjay Prasad, now UP's 'most powerful' IAS officer". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

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