New Delhi, Jan 20 (KNN) Shailesh Kumar Singh, the Additional Chief Secretary cum Principal Secretary to Jharkhand Governor has been appointed as the new Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner at the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises. 

Singh replaced Devendra Kumar Singh who was the Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner at MSME Ministry from May 18, 2020, till September 23, 2021, according to the DC MSME portal. 

Shailesh Kumar Singh is the 31st Development Commissioner since 1954, as per the government records.

The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises- Development Organisation (MSME-DO) is headed by the Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner (MSME). 

The Office of the Development Commissioner (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) assists the Ministry in formulating, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring different policies and programs for the promotion and development of MSMEs in the country.

The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions on Tuesday.

This comes over four months after MSME Ministry had appointed Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer Mercy Epao as the new Joint Secretary (JS) – SME Division. 

Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) supports the MSME sector in the endeavors of formalization, access to knowledge services, improving competitiveness, reducing imports, availability of skilled manpower, access to the latest technology and marketing.

The 1991 batch IAS completed his BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1988 and Masters in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University in 2019, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Singh was Joint Secretary in Coal Ministry between 2012 and 2015 and Chief Vigilance Officer at Steel Authority of India till April 2017.

Currently, there are two Additional Development Commissioners in the MSME Ministry – Ishita Ganguly Tripathi who looks after MSME policy & its governance, and Sonia Pant who is in charge of Autonomous Bodies.

Deepak Rao is the Joint Development Commissioner looking after the budget, schemes such as Credit Linked Capital Subsidy, Interest Subvention Scheme, Credit Guarantee Scheme, and Credit Monitoring Cell apart from National Awards and more.