LIST OF STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS & ASSISTANT STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS

LIST OF STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS & ASSISTANT STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS Department Name Department of Jails Name of Slate Public Information & Assistant State Public Information s Sri Joydeb Chakraborty, - State Information for the Deptt. & Dte. Designation with Address Phone Number Fax IPS & lg of CS 2214-4794 2214-5504 Sn Ramapada Bhattacharya - Sri S.R.Hossain - Assistant Public Information Sri Anup Tripathi - Assistant Public Information Sri Panchanan Biswas- AIGCS(HQ),Alipore Cl. Corr. Home and Alipore Circle DIGCS(S-1),Presidency Cl.C.H. & Presidency Circle DIGCS(S-2),, Midnapore CL.C.H. & Midnapore Circle DlGCS(N), Berhampore Cl.C.H. & Berhampore Circle 98311-68343 2214-4697 09433004274 03561-231403 Panctiayal & Rural Development Department. (Jessop Building) Sri Parimal Das - Assistant Public Information Ofllcer Now Vacant - Assistant Public Information Sri Ranjit Kumar Maiti, AlGCS(N).Jalpaiguri CI.C.H. and JPG Circle DIGCS(S&W). Dum Dum CI.C.H. & Dum Dum Circle Deputy Secretary (MIS cell), Panchayat & R.D. Deptt. 0353-2566256 09434049896 9339826599 1

63, N.S.Road, Kolkata-1 Sri Sujay Benerjee, Public Information officer Deputy Director. Commissioner of P&RD 2243-0366 2248-4522 Smt Suktisita Bhattacharya, Public Information Asstt Director. State Instiatuareof P&RD(Kalyani) 2282-8161/564 1/5975 2582-8257 Department of InformationTechnology. 4. Camac Street, 7 th Floor, Kolkata-16 Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation Department Writers Building. Kolkata-1 Department of Agriculture Estab. (Sectt) Branch Black-III, 2 nd Floor Sri Koushik Des. Asstt. Public Information Sri Paritosh Sengupta, WBCS(Exe) - Public Information Sri Anoop Agarwala. IAS - Appellate Sri Chanchal Barui Information Sri Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee - State Public Information Sri Prafulla Kumar Mandal Assistant State Public Information Faculty Member 2582-9641/42 Deputy Secretary 2282-1952-54. Ext.278 Joint Secretary 2282-1947 2282-1944 Deputy Refugee Rehabilitation Commissioner. West Bengal,10. Camac Street, Kolkata-17 All Additional District Magistrates of the Respective Districts Joint Secretary 2214-5601,Ext.-415 Additional Director of Agriculture (Commercial Crop) 2282-3087 2282-3087 2214-5600,Ext.494 2

Finance Department Sri Bisweswar Maiti, WBCS(Exe)- State Public Information Joint Secretary 2214-5601,Ext.-4950 Technical Education & Training, Bikash Bhavan(10 th Floor), East Block, Sail Lake, Kolkaia-700091 Information & Cultural Affairs Sri Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Sn Kamalendu Sarkar - Assistant State Public Information Sri Shyamal Biswas - State Public Information Joint Director Asstt. Director Joint Director of Information (Hq) 2358-9344 2358-9344 -Do- 2415-1833 Relief Department Assistant Slate Public Information in respect of his area of jurisdiction Appellate Authority Help the Stale Public Information -Relief Deptt, Sri S.K.Datta All S.D.I. & C.Os of the Sub Divisions Director of Information & EX Officio Special Secretary Director of Culture Director of Films, Director of Archaeology OSD & Ex. Officio Deputy Secretary 2214-3011 2214-3692 2214-5943 2211-6635 2214-3562 3

for Directorate of Relief Assistant Director Director Relief 2244-2795 for districts District Relief s Department of Parliamentary Affairs, Writers Building, Kolkata-1 Assistant Stale Public Information for Sub Divisions Appellate Authority, Sri M.A. Alam Appellate Authority, Sri S. Ghosh Sri Alok Kumar Chakraborty - State Public Information SDROs Special Secretary, Relief Department 2214-5855 Director of Relief 2244-2795 Deputy Secretary 2214-5600,Ext.-4527 Public Enterprise Department, 63 N S Road, Ground Floor, Kolkata-1 Development & Planning Department, Poura Bhavan, 4 th & 5 th Floor. FD--4I5A, Salt Lake; Kolkata-700106 Sri Arun Kumar Chakrabarti - Assistant Shri Biswanath Mukherjee - Information State Public Information, Sri T. K.Biswas Asstt. Secretary Assistant Secretary Deputy Secretary (Budget & Audit) 2213-1630 Board, Ext.150 2321-1252,1833 4

Information, Sri N Aich Appellate Authority, Sri A. K. Bera Assistant Secretary (Establishment) Special Secretary (Establishment) 2321-1829-30, Ext.141 2334-4870 Tourism Department, 2 Brabourne Road, 4 th Floor, Kolkata-1, Sri S. N. Bhattacharya Assistant Stale Public Information, Sri S.K. Bhattacharya Managing Director, West Bengal Tourism Department Corporation Ltd. Joint director, Directorate of Tourism 2248-7318 2248-8290 2225-4723/25 2225-4565 Appellate Authority, Sri M.K. Sengupta Director of Tourism & Ex. Officio Special Secretary 2225-8183 2225-4565 Department of Sundarban Affairs, Mayukh( 1 st Floor), Bidhannagar Kolkata- 700091 Department of Power & Nonconventional Energy Sources New Secretariate Buildings, 7 th Floor, Block-A, Kol-1 Shri D.P. Jana, IAS, State Public Information Sri T.K. Rudra, WBCS(Exe), State Assistant Public Information Shri Kalipada Bhar, State Member Secretary & Project director And Ex-Officio Joint Secretary Deputy Project Director (Admn), Sundarban Development Board Joint Secretary 2337-4252 2337-4252 2337-1102, Ext.23 Directorate of Electricity Shri Bipul Hazra, State Public Information, Inspector of Lift & Member Secretary of Lift Committee 5

West Bengal Rural Energy Development Corporation Ltd. Durgapur Projects Ltd. Shri Anukul Ch. Mondal, Information Smt. Baishali Biswas, Shri Tito Deb, State Public Information Shri Anupam Chatterjee, Information Shri Anup Mukherjee, State Shri Biswajit Tapadar, State Dy. Chief Electrical Inspector & Renewal of the Licency Board Company secretary Sr. Manager (Personnel) Addl. Sr. Manager (E), DPPS Addl. Sr. Manager (Civil), Township Addl. Sr. Manager (Mech), CMO West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency West Bengal State Electricity Board Different Unit/ of WBSEB in different circles, headquarters Different Unit/ of WBSEB in different Divisions Shri Gautam Mitra, Shri Pradip Kr. Biswas, Information Manager (P & A) Sr. Manager (P & A) Sr. Manager/Manager (P & A) Jr. Manager/ Asstt. Manager/ Manager( P& A) 6

Department of technical Education and Training, Establishment Branch, Bikash Bhavan Salt lake, Kol-91 Law Department, Legislative Branch, Writers Buildings, main Block, Top Floor, Kolkata-1 Higher Education Department, Establishment Branch, Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 Shri Kamalendu sarkar, Information Shri Shyamalendu Chattopadhyaya, State Shri Soumitra Banerjee, Information Shri Sekhar Ghosh, State Shri Niranjan Saha, Information Shri Ratan Kumar Saha Assistant Director, DTET, West Bengal Administrative, DIT, west Bengal WBSC, VET Registrar, WESCTE Registrar Deputy Secretary Shri Swaraj Ghosh, Dy. Secretary, HE Deptt Asstt. Director, State Archives, W.B. 7

Minorities Development & Welfare Department, Writers Building, Kolkata Shri Manoranjan Deb, Information Shri Jayanta Joy Chattopadhyaya, State Information Asstt. Director, DTE, WB Dy. Regional Edn. (Presidency Divn) and EO Jt. DPI, DPI, WB Joint Secretary The Member Secretary, West Bengal Minorities Commission Information Information The Managing Director, West Bengal Minorities Development and Finance The Secretary, West Bengal Urdu Academy Information Information The Chief Executive, Board of Walfs, West Bengal The Executive, West Bengal State Haj Committee Information The Presiding, Walf Tribunal, West Bengal 8

Backward Classes Welfare Department, Writers Building Housing Development, A & E Branch Commerce and Industries Department Writers Buildings, Kolkata-700001 Cell- A Shri A.K. Purokait, WBCS(EXE), State Public Information Information Shri Tapas Das Sharma, WBCS(Exe), State Public Information Shri Bikash Chal, State Shri Barindra Kishore Das, WBCS, State Public Information Shri Jiban Chandra Chakraborty WBCS, State Public Information Shri Atul Krishna Biswas, WBCS, Information Joint Commissioner for Reservation and Ex-Officio joint Secretary The Project -cum- District Welfare /District Welfare of all districts Dy. Secretary Spl. Deputy Secretary Special Shri Sabyasachi Roy Appellate Authority Special Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal 9

Public Works Department, Establishment Branch Shri Santosh Das, for both PW&PW(Roads) Department Dy. Secy, PWD Department of Public Health Engineering, New Sectt. Buildings(7 th Floor), Kol-700001 Public Enterprise Department, 63, N.S. Road, Ground Floor, Kolkata-1 Shri P.K. Dutta Roy, for PW(Roads) Directorate Shri Bibek Raha, for PW Directorate Information within their respective jurisdiction Shri Sunil Kr. Ghosh, WBCS(Exe), State Public Information Shri Mahadeb Roy, State Shri Biswanath Mukherjee, Information ACE-III, PW (Roads) Dte. ACE-I,PW Directorate All Executive Engineers under PW & PW( Roads) Directorates Joint Secretary on Special Duty Assistant Secretary 10

Department of Science and Technology, Bikash Bhavan, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-1 Shri Soumitra Prasad Mitra, WBCS(Exe), State Public Information OSD & Ex. Officio Deputy Secretary Department of Sports & Youth Services (Youth Services Branch), 32/1, BBd Bag (South), Standard Buildings, 1 st Floor, Kol-1 Judicial Department Home Department, Political Branch Department of health & Family Welfare, GA Branch, Swasthya Bhawan, GN-29, Sector- V, Salt Lake City, Shri Sudip Ghosh, WBCS(Exe), State No Shri Sukhdeb Singh Anand, State Public Information officer Shri Ananda Gopal Ghosh, WBCS, State Public Information Shri Sisir Kumar Ghosh, WBCS, Information Directorate of Health Services, State Public Information OSD Deputy Secretary, Law Deptt. & Deputy Secretary Jt. Secretary Asstt. Secretary Deputy Director of Health Services (Administration) 11

Directorate of Medical Education, State Public Information Joint director of Medical Education Health & Family Welfare Department, State Public Information Joint Secretary (General administration) State Health & Family Welfare Society, State Public Information Executive of State Health & Family Welfare Society Directorate of Drug Control/Ayurveda/Homeopa thy/medical Plants Board, Respective Directors 12

NGOs functioning under each programme, State Public Information State NGO Coordinators P & R.D. Department Shri R.K.Maiti,, State Public Information Joint Secretary P & R.D. Directorate Shri Sanjay Das, Assistant Public Information Dr. M.N. Ray, -Appellate Shri Sujoy Banerjee, State Public Information Principal Secretary Deputy Director Appellate Joint Director State Institute of Panchayat & Rural Development Smt. Suktisita Bhattacharya, State Public Information Sri Kaushik Dey, Assistant Public Information Assistant Director Faculty Member 13

Appellate Director District Rural Development Cell of Zilla Parishad/ Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad Zilla Parishad/ Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad Vacant-Assistant Public Information Appellate Vacant-Assistant Public Information Deputy Project Director, District Rural Development Cell/ Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad Project Director, District Rural Development Cell/ Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad Secretary Appellate Executive Panchayat Samity Secretary Vacant-Assistant Public Information 14

Appellate Executive Gram Panchayat Secretary Vacant-Assistant Public Information Appellate Executive P & A.R. Department Block-IV, 2 nd Floor, Writers Buildings Kolkata-700001 Shri Buddhadeb Bhaumik Assistant Secretary Shri Nilay Kumar Ghosh Appellate Authority Joint Secretary Technical Education & Training Department, Establishment Branch, Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake Kolkata-700091 Shri Pritish Chandra Sarkar, on Special Duty and Ex-Officio Deputy Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal 15

Shri Bazlul Haque Mallick Information Registrar Shri Niranjan Saha, Shri Chuni Lal Mukhopadhyay, Appellate Registrar Joint Secretary Department of Public Health Engineering New Sectt. Buildings (7 th Floor), Kol-1 Government of West Bengal, School Education Department, Establishment Branch, Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091 Appellate -Shri K.S. Rajendra Kumar Shri Sukumar Mahapatra, Principal Secretary Joint secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal, School Education Department 16

Shri Amiya Ranjan Sanyal, Deputy Director, Directorate of School Education Assistant Secretary Panchayat & Rural Development Department Assistant Information District Rural Development Cell of Zilla Parishad/Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad Public Information Deputy Project Director, District Rural Development Cell Appellate Authority Project Director 17

P & R.D. Office Appellate Authority Joint Director Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Kalyani Appellate Authority Director Higher Education Department Establishment Branch, Bikash Bhavan Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 Shri Swaraj Ghosh Smt Aradhana Ghosh Shri Monoranjan Deb Shri Sandip Pandit Deputy Director, Higher Education Department Assistant Director, State Archives Assistant Director, Directorate of Technical Deputy Director, Public Instruction, UGC 18

Shri Amit Kumar Dutta Assistant Editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers 19