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Dr. B.V.R.C. Purushottam
IAS · UC Berkeley · Uttarakhand
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Garhwal Post · May 2025

Senior IAS Officer BVRC Purushottam — A Profile in Governance Innovation

Feature on cooperative digitization work, policy architecture across five Union Ministries, and institutional leadership in Uttarakhand.

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Purushottam Basava is an upright career IAS officer, hardworking, honest, and follows processes with absolute due diligence, while at the same time kind, helpful, and humane in approach. He draws his strength from his deep-rooted spiritual moorings. I have had several occasions when we discussed issues of governance and improvement in the quality of technical education, and found that he gives fresh innovative ideas based on scientific rationale which are practical and down to earth.

Shri Anil Sahasrabudhe
Former Chairman AICTE, Chairman of National Educational Technology Forum, Chairman EC NAAC & Chairman NBA
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