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
  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.
  4. "Kozhikode gets online sand distribution system".
  5. "Nadia gets United Nations award for eliminating open defecation". The Hindu. June 28, 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "P B Salim IAS appointed Chairman & MD- WBPDCL, WB | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". June 20, 2019.
  7. "Toilets for all by March: Bengal's Nadia district does its own 'Swachh Bharat' without extra funds - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. January 22, 2015.
  8. "West Bengal's Nadia district gets UN Public Service Award". Zee News. May 7, 2015.
  9. Case Study Gangasgar
  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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