Alok Rawat, Former Water Resources Secretary, has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), filling the fourth seat in the five-member panel.
Rawat, after the posting, said, “I feel that the presence of a male would provide a better understanding to the women’s issues.”
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Rawat is a 1977 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer and has served as Director/Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Secretary (UPSC); Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances) in the Cabinet Secretariat and Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
