Mr Najeeb Jung, IAS (Retd)

Najeeb Jung (Aged 71 years) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from July 2013 to December 2016. He was the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia from 2009 to 2013.

Born and raised in Delhi, Mr. Jung did Masters in History from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. He later studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded Master of Science in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries.

Mr. Jung joined Indian Administrative Service in 1973 and was allotted the Madhya Pradesh cadre. He served as Collector and District Magistrate and as Managing Director of the M.P. Oilseeds Federation and Managing Director of the M.P. Financial Corporation. In the Government of India he served in the Ministry for Railways, the Ministry of Steel and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He has been a Senior Energy Specialist at the Asian Development Bank, Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford and Director for Energy Research at the Observer Research Foundation, Delhi.

He was the Chairman of a Core Committee of Vice-Chancellors appointed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, to examine various aspects of higher education, Chairman of a Committee to review the existing schemes for enhancing participation of minorities in higher education, Member of the Special Task Force set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India, to suggest developmental options for the Jammu region of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, Member of the Senate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and several other Committees at the national level. He has also been a Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India.

He has published several monographs and reports on the energy sector and is a regular contributor to national newspapers on education and social issues. Mr. Jung’s published works include two monographs on Natural Gas in Asia and Europe; an anthology of essays titled: “ The Political Economy of energy and Growth; and a compilation of essays titled: “ The Sting if a Bee”. He has also penned a book on contemporary social, cultural and political issues in Urdu titled “ Fikr o Agahi”. His latest publication is the complete translation of Mirza Ghalib’s Diwan. The book is titled: “ Sareer e Khama”.