Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS, better known as KK Pathak, IAS, is the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), of the Education Department in the Bihar Government.
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Keshav Kumar Pathak was born on 15 January 1968 in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh. His father’s name is Major GS Pathak. His father, Major GS Pathak was also a civil servant and was posted in Bihar Government. Major GS Pathak served as Principal Secretary in the Minor Water Resources Department of Bihar.
Keshav Kumar Pathak was a sincere child. He completed his graduation in B.A. (Economics) and then pursued an M.Phil. in Economics. As his father was also a civil servant, Keshav Kumar Pathak dreamt of being an IAS officer and started to prepare for the Civil Services Exam. He successfully cleared the UPSC Civil Services Exam and joined the IAS in 1990 in the Bihar cadre.
In June 2023, Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS was transferred from the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Education Department. Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS was also given additional charge of Director General of Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development.
Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS wants to improve and overhaul the education system of Bihar. Pathak wants to overhaul Bihar’s schools, from teaching quality and attendance to learning outcomes.
He visited several schools and education departments. He has suspended teachers, deducted their salaries, and even struck children off school rolls for absenteeism.
He has also barred teachers from forming unions, prohibited coaching classes from operating during school hours, cut down the number of religious holidays, done away with the domicile requirement for recruiting teachers in state-run schools, strictly enforced the ban on staff wearing jeans and T-shirts to the secretariat, and extended the timings of schools from 9 am to 5 pm where previously it was 10 am to 4 pm.
As per the information available on the public website, the mobile number of KK Pathak IAS is 9471002795 and the email ID is secy-edn-bih@nic.in
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Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS was born on 15 January 1968, he would turn 60 years on 15 January 2028. Therefore Keshav Kumar Pathak IAS would retire on 31 January 2028.
KK Pathak IAS belongs to the bureaucratic family. Details of his family are personal to the officer and no authenticated information is available in the public domain.
What KK Patahk IAS is trying to do in Bihar, Vijay Kiran Anand IAS also tried to do similar in Uttar Pradesh School Education Department.
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