P. B. Salim

Dr. P B Salim^[1] 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^[2] 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^[3] and Kannur^[4] and thereafter in two districts of West Bengal viz. Nadia^[5] 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).^[6] He holds additional position as Secretary, Chief Ministers Office (CMO) Public Grievances Cell, West Bengal.

Recognition

United Nations Public Services Award, 2015^[7]^[5] – presented by the Secretary General of United Nations – for the pioneering Sanitation Movement in Nadia district^[8]
Green Ganga Award at Rishikesh, June 2017^[9] – 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^[10] editor along with Prof Hafis Muhammed and Prof N. C. Vasisht, by Mathrubhumi Publishers
101 Success Stories,^[11]^[10] editor along with Dr Muhammed, by Mathrubhumi Publishers

Planned initiatives

Sabar Shouchagar (Toilets for all)^[12]

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".
^ ^a ^b "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
^ ^a ^b "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.

[auto9-1] "The people's collector: PB Salim". The New Indian Express.

[2] "Official Website of Barrackpore Sub Division". www.barrackpore.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[3] "Collector Salim bids farewell to Kozhikode | Kozhikode News – Times of India". The Times of India.

[auto-4] "Kozhikode gets online sand distribution system".

[auto4-5] "Nadia gets United Nations award for eliminating open defecation". The Hindu. June 28, 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.

[auto10-6] "P B Salim IAS appointed Chairman & MD- WBPDCL, WB | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". June 20, 2019.

[auto12-7] "Toilets for all by March: Bengal's Nadia district does its own 'Swachh Bharat' without extra funds". Firstpost. January 22, 2015.

[8] "West Bengal's Nadia district gets UN Public Service Award". Zee News. May 7, 2015.

[auto1-9] Case Study Gangasgar

[auto3-10] "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.

[11] "Amazon.in". www.amazon.in.

[12] "'Toilets for All' campaign shortlisted for UN Global Award: CM Mamata Banerjee" – via The Economic Times.

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