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1.
NAME : Smt. Leena Mehendale, IAS (1974 -
2.. Date of birth :
3.
Place of birth : Dharangaon,
Dist : Jalgaon,
4.
EDUCATION :
· M.Sc.
Physics -
· M.Sc.
Project Planning , Brad ford University
· LLB-I -
· Lecturer in Physics 1972-73,
5.
PRESENT POSTING :
. Principle Secretary, GAD (General Administration Department)June 07 onwards
6. OCCUPATION :
I
joined Indian Administrative Service in July, 1974,
The
job experience is categorized as under : (for details see
Postings)
Revenue Administration
: land and
forest management, law and order problems, natural calamities, district and
regional planning, employment guarantee, Regional coordination, protocol,
election. In general, working as a representative of government
in the concerned district or division.
Judicial work:
The posts of Asstt. Collector, Urban Land Ceiling
Authority, Collector, Commissioner, Settlement Commissioner included working as
a judiciary officer under various Acts, such as , Land
Revenue, Tenancy, Watan Abolition, Land Acquisition,
Resettlement, Municipal Act, Urban Land Ceiling, Departmental Enquiries, Cr.P.C, IPC, Evidence Act and Bombay Police Act.
Development Administration:
in the sector of agriculture, health, education, animal husbandry, social
welfare, watershed management, industrial development, women welfare etc.
Industrial
Development: involving small scale industries, project formulation,
district and regional level coordination of banks, regional industral
planning, employment guarantee schemes, IRDP.
Training and HR : Held educational/training jobs such as
DS(Education), Director of Maharashtra State
Administrative Training Institute (YASHADA), Director, National Institute of
Naturopathy and Vice Chancellor of Open University, Nashik.
Women Affairs :i]
Worked for economic rehabilitation of Devdasis. (Ref. Item 9 and 12) ii] as Joint secretary to the National
Commission for women. Many articles, Seminars and
Policy Papers, iii) women rally in PCRA.
7. EXPERTISE :
(a)
Women’s issues
(b)
Reforms in Administration and System building;
(c)
Rural Development including micro credit
(d)
Indian Mythology; &
(e)
Ayurved.
8. HOBBIES :
Environment, Ecology, Music, &
Philosophy.
Writing, popularising Science in Indian Languages,
Simplification and Computerisation of office
procedures, Indian System of medicines, Traveling.
9. SPECIAL WORK :
i) In PCRA As incharge I
introduce a weekly T. V. Serial and a weekly Radio Serial on energy
conservation for mass awarness. Revamped Energy
Audits and created a data base thereof. Expanded the scope of Conservation Research manyfolds. Initiated policies and
programs for the ministry on Bio Diesel.
ii)
In NCW, studies in detail the pattern of crime against women in Maharashtra & Bihar, Ran a
weekly column in Hindi News Paper for legal advice on question of women. Initiated many legal Amendments for justice to women and reprsented NCW in the UN meeting on CEDAW.
iii)
As Collector, Sangli & MD, WMDC, I have
successfully implemented a project for economic rehabilitation of Deodasis (nearly 150 Deodasis
were given vocational training, Production centre and their own co-operative
Society which is still running under the guidance of WMDC from Sangli and Kolhapur districts)
iv) As Commissioner, Nashik
and Settlement Commissioner, I have introduced complete office Computerisation, office systematisation
and simplification of office procedure.
v)
As Settlement Commissioner, I introduced computerisation
of land records and maps.
vi) As first Director, NIN, I established a
nation - wide network of naturopaths and prepared many policy papers on
naturopathy for the Deptt. Of
Health.
10. FACULTY :
I
am visiting faculty of YASHADA, IIPA and other Training Organisation.
I
give talks on AIR and TV.
11 LITERARY WORK :
I
write on current topics, administration, education, popular science, children’s
literature I have nearly 300 articles and 15 books to my credit.
BOOKS
1)
Ye Ye Pawsa - short stories
for Children in Marathi.
2)
Fir Varsha Aai - short
stories for Children in Hindi
3)
Sona Denare Pakshi - Narrations on bird watching in Marathi.
4)
Suvarna Panchi - & Hamara Dost Toto - Narrations on bird watching in Hindi.
The Book Suvarna Panchi was serialised on AIR
5)
Nityaleela - Translated /Own Short stories in Marathi.
6)
Man Na Jane Man Ko - Translated /Own Short stories in Hindi
7)
Anandlok- Hindi - 108 Poems translated from famous
Marathi poet Kusumagraj
8) Lokshahi - Marathi
- Translation from English
to explain basic concepts of Democracy.
9) Ek Tha Fengadya - Hindi- Novel,
Translation from Marathi
10)
Devadasi - Hindi - Narration of Rehab. Prog. for Devdasis undertaken in Sangli & Kolhapur
11) Sheetala Mala- Hindi - 17th Century Indian system of small pox
vaccination
12) Gujara bhatte ka kanoon - Hindi - Provisions of sec 125 Cr.PC for maintenance grant to deserted women, children, old parents.
13) Janata Ki Rai - Hindi - Essays on
Administration and society.
14) Hai koi Vakeel Loktantra ka? - Hindi - Essays on
Administration and society.
15) Prashasanakade Valun Baghtana - Marathi - Essays on
Administration and society.
15) Ithe Vicharana Vaw aahe - Marathi - Essays on
Administration and society.
16) Khindichya palikade - Marathi- Novel,
Translation from English
17)
Yugandhara - edited for PCRA - Women views on travelling & empowerment
18) Boond Boond Ki Baat
- edited for PCRA - ; on
conservation
19) Biodiesel - edited
for PCRA
Important articles :
i) A series of 13 lectures on Atomic Physics on AIR.
ii)
My dessertation titled “The Integrated Rural
Development Programme for Women in Developing Countries : What more can be done? (A case study from
iii)
Status Paper on “The Laws relating to land alienation to Scheduled Tribes in
Other important articles
:
iv) A series of articles on crime against
women -18 articles.
v)
Weekly Column for legal councelling on women issues -
News paper serial
vi) Series of articles on natropulty-
19 articles.
vii)
a ) Towards Liberalisation :
Issues and Challenges before Administration : IIPA 1996 -
b)
New Strategies in Education, 1986.
c)
Relooking at a Historical Irrigation Model of
d)
Has IAS become redundant - 1996.
e)
Prize winning essays at IIPA (1991 & 1993) on Issues in Reservation Policy
and Revamping Indian Administration.
12. PREPARED
FILMS, TV Serials and AIR Serials.
Introduced a weekly T.V. Serial and a
weekly Radio Serial on energy conservation for mass awarness
for more than 3 years. They are still on air.
Naturopath
- 5 Jingles on Water, Mud, Sun, Eye Careee and Fasting -therapy and 2 short films
for Nin.
A short film on Devadasi
project for WMDC.
14. EDITING:
i) Edited Sanrakshan
Chetna- A monthly on energy conservation for 3 years
for PCRA.
ii)
Edited a monthly newsletter called Nisargopachar Varta for NIN from Jan. 1992 to April, 1994.
iii)
A monthly folder for improving the internal efficiency and public interface in
the office of Settlement Commissioner.
15. LANGUAGES:
Proficiency in Hindi, Marathi, English. Can read, write and speak Bengali,
Can
read or follow - Sanskrit, Gujrati, Punjabi, Nepali, Maithili, Oriya, Assamese, Bhojpuri,
Ahirani
POSTINGS
previous
(In reverse Order)
1.
Principal Secretary & Animal husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries GoM 07/06 to 05/07
2.
Principal Secretary & Special Inquiry Officer (I), General Administration
Department, GoM 11/05 to 6/06
3. Joint Secretary to GoI
and Executive Director, PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association) 25.6.02 to
30.10.2005., MOPNG
In
PCRA As incharge I introduced a weekly T. V. Serial
and a weekly Radio Serial on energy conservation for mass awarness.
Revamped Energy Audits and created a data base thereof. Expanded the scope of
Conservation Research manyfolds. Initiated policies and
programs for the ministry on Bio Diesel.
4.
On study leave, for my private study on
Spatial analysis of Crime Against
Women.
5.
Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women,
(Government of
The
National Commission for Women’s Act of 1990 is meant for stopping violence and
discrimination against women, carrying out necessary legal amendments for this
purpose, carrying out studies, giving policy guidelines for economic, social
and political empowerment of women, speedy redress to various types of
grievances of women and a proper treatment to Jail inmates. As Joint Secretary
I helped the Commission and the Member Secretary in carrying out this mandate
as also in routine administration. In addition, I undertook tours throughout
the country and looked after the complaints, investigation and legal cell. I
attended the UN meeting on CEDAW implementation.
6.
Managing Director, Maharashtra
State Farming Corporation, Pune 9/97 to 7/98
The
Maharashtra State Farming Corporation holds 70,000
acres of land half of which is under sugercane. The
MSFC is thus, the biggest sugarcane grower in the whole
7.
Settlement Commissioner,
8.
Divisional Commissioner, Nashik
6/94 to 11/95 AND Vice-Chancellor of Open University, Nashik,
1/95 to 5/95
As
Divisional Commissioner I was supervising the work of four collectors, CEOs and
regional officers of all the departments of government in the division
including such as DIG, Chief Engineers (PWD) and irrigation, Director, Health
services, etc. I was also Vice Chancellor of four district planning and
development councils. I also worked as Vice Chancellor of Nashik
Open University for five months looking after the entire University
administration, curricular development, future projects etc.
9.
Director, National Institute of Naturopathy, GoI, Ministry of Health 12/90 to 4/94
Worked as Director of National
Institute of Naturopathy, Government of
10.
Addl. Director and Director YASHADA (State
Institute of Rural Development and Administrative Training Institute), Govt. of
Incharge of entire training
for rural development for government officers and NGOs and elected members of Panchayati Raj system. Also looked after
the administrative works of the institute first as Additional Director and
later as Director.
11. M.Sc. Student Under
Training
in
12.
Managing Director, WMDC, (Western Maharashtra Development Corporation 6/85 to 9/88
Incharge of planning and designing industrial
policy, working for promotion for large, medium, small and tiny industries,
implementation of EPP, PSI and sharing capital participation schemes for promotionof industries in 9 districts. Also
ex-officio Member of the Regional Industrial Credit Policy of NABARD and other
banks. Also incharge of
entrepreneurship development activities. As Managing Director I was also
looking after the commercial production of four prestigious owned ventures
namely:
i)
ii)
Abhijit Samaya Darshika - assembling HMT watches
iii)Chitali Distillery - then the
largest distillery in
iv) Devdasi rehabilitation project- for economic
rehabilitation of 150 devadasis.
13.
Collector, Sangli,
1/84 to 6/85.
Entire revenue, magistrial
and municipal administration of the Sangli distgrict.
Also acted as Court under various Acts. Ex-officio Member-Secretary of the district planning and
development council and hence, responsible for overall planning for the
district and coordination among various district level implementing agencies.
Also ex-officio Joint Director, Industries, responsible for
promoting Industrial Development. Also ex-officio
Chairman of the District Rural Credit Policy for the banks and for monitoring,
the loan under IRDP. Also incharge of entire
planning and implementation of employment guarantee scheme under which during
lean seasons work force of nearly 80,000 unskilled labours
had to be supplied with work.
14.
Chief Executive Officer, Sangli , 5/82 to 1/84
and
Chief Executive Officer, Aurgangabad , 4/81
to 3/82
In
charge of all developmental activities to be implemented through the decentralised pattern of village, taluka
and district level elected bodies. The functional areas were agriculture,
animal husbandry, education, health, family planning, social welfare, IRDP,
DPEP, Minor irrigation and Water Management and Road and Building works in the
district. Chairing banker’s coordination on Rural
credit.
15.
Addl. Collector, Urban Land Ceiling , 7/79 to 2/81,
Implementation of
16.
Deputy Secretary, Education, Government of
I
was incharge of two new schemes which had started
just then namely
i) Adult Education,
ii)
Non-formal education.
17. Assistant
Collector, Pune 8/76 to 8/78
To
look after entire revenue and magisterial work in the sub division and also
work as court under various Acts.
18.
Probationary IAS officer, 7/74 to 7/76
Getting training in various aspects of
Administration at Mussorie and at District level (Pune),
ANNEXURE
previous
(In reverse Order)
1.
Principal Secretary & GA
Department, GoM 07/06 to 06/07
previous
(In reverse Order)
2.
Principal Secretary & Special Inquiry Officer (I), General Administration
Department, GoM 11/05 to 6/06
3.
Jt. Secretary GOI, and ED PCRA (Petroleum Conservation
Research Association ). 25.6.02 to
4.
On study leave, for my private study on
Spatial analysis of Crime Against
Women.
5.
Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women,
6.
Managing Director, Maharashtra State Farming
Corporation, Pune 9/97 to 7/98
7.
Settlement Commissioner,
8.
Divisional Commissioner, Nashik 6/94 to 11/95 AND in
change Vice-Chancellor of Open University, Nashik,
1/95 to 5/95
9.
Director, National Institute of Naturopathy, Govt. of
10.
Addl. Director and Director YASHADA (SIRD and Administrative Training
Institute), Govt. of
11.
M.Sc. Student Under
12.
Managing Director, WMDC, (Western Maharashtra
Development Corporation) 6/85 to 9/88
13.
Collector, Sangli, 1/84 to 6/85
14.
Chief Executive Officer, Sangli , 5/82 to 1/84
15.
Chief Executive Officer, Aurgangabad , 4/81 to 3/82
16.
Addl. Collector, Urban Land Ceiling , 7/79 to 2/81
17.
Deputy Secretary, Education, Government of
18.
Assistant Collector, Pune 8.76 to 8.78
19.
Probationary IAS officer, 7/74 to 7/76
