Parikipandla Narahari


Parikipandla Narahari also known as P. Narahari is an Indian civil servant employed by the Indian Administrative Services, lyricist and author. According to Tehelka, Narahari, in his capacity as District collector of Gwalior, is one of India's few civil servants to use social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to interact with citizenry to solve their problems. The issues citizens of Gwalior raise on Narahari's wall were automatically directed to concerned departments. The Better India recognized Narahari as 10 most inspiring IAS officers of the year 2017. Narahari is one among of those rare professional officers to be credited as Publicity Advisor to three successive governments of different parties.
Narahari has written two books, Who Owns Mhow? and The Making of Ladli Laxmi Yojna. The latter concerns the Ladli Laxmi Yojana, an initiative of the Government of Madhya Pradesh planned by Narahari which later inspired Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana. He also wrote the song Ho Halla which was sung by Shaan. In 2020, he started the program of Swachhta Ke Sur under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to make people aware, which included Bollywood singer Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali, Payal Dev, Rishiking and Dev Negi.

Early life

Narahari was born to Satyanarayana and Sarojana on 1 March 1975. His grandparents belong to Chintagattu village near Warangal. Narahari studied mechanical engineering at Osmania University and was selected to work with Indian Engineering Services in 1999. He was also selected for organisations Bharat Dynamics Limited, National Aluminium Company and Gas Authority of India Limited. He was selected as Scientist-B at Advanced Research Centre International, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He worked in this organisation from January 2000 to August 2001 till he joined the Indian Administrative Services in September 2001. He completed his schooling from India Mission Secondary School, Basantnagar. He completed Intermediate from NLVRGSRVJC Nimmakuru.
he was brought up in basanthnagar, Peddapalli mandal, Karimnagar district, Telangana.

Career

He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 2001. In 2002, he was posted as Assistant Collector at Chhindwara. He became the Assistant Collector and City Magistrate, Murar along with SDO & SDM Dabra in Gwalior in 2003, SDO & SDM Mhow in Indore in 2004. He was appointed as Municipal Commissioner of Indore Municipal Corporation in 2005. In 2006, he became Project Director ICDS & IFAD, managing director WFDC and ex-officio Deputy Secretary in Women and Child Development Department, Bhopal. In April 2007, he was transferred as chief executive officer of Chhindwara Zila Parishad and ex-officio Additional Collector there. On 9 August 2007, he became District Magistrate and Collector of Seoni, later in 2009 as DM & Collector of Singrauli, then as DM & Collector of Gwalior in 2011 and lastly as DM & Collector of Indore in 2015 and served till 2017. After serving as Revenue Secretary of Government of Madhya Pradesh., P Narahari IAS is presently posted as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation and as Commissioner Urban Administration Development Department Government of Madhya Pradesh., he also worked as Secretary and Commissioner of Public Relations Department. He served as VC of MCNUJC from 8 January to 25 February 2019.
He made Gwalior district 95% barrier-free in two years to help persons with disabilities, senior citizens, women easily access public spaces. Thus making Gwalior an example for other cities in India as reported by Satyamev Jayate.
In Indore as District Collector he focused on health, education and Smart Cities Mission. Indore also became the cleanest city in India under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan where Narahari played a key role. Narahari is credited for not only establishing Social Media wing in the Public Relations Department of Government but also making it a vibrant tool for publicity of the government programs, policies and activities.

Discography

Hindi Song

Telugu Songs

Books

He got more than 45 awards for his excellent performance in his administrative career till now.