J&K Bank announced the appointments of Nitishwar Kumar and Mohmad Ishaq Wani to its Board of Directors, effective September 30, 2021.
Nitishwar Kumar is an Indian Administrative Services Officer of 1996 batch. He is presently Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir (UT). Prior to this, he was serving as Joint Secretary/Member Secretary, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
Kumar is a post graduate in Economics and has also done Masters in Public Management and Governance from London School of Economics & Pol. Science.
Dr. Mohmad Ishaq Wani holds a Masters in Science, M.Phil. and Doctorate from the University of Kashmir. He joined State Accounts services after qualifying State Combined Competitive Examination in 1984 and has served the Government of Jammu & Kashmir at various positions for over 3 decades. These include codal and budgeting matters, treasury administration & associated functions, GP funds management and administrative issues.
Dr. Wani has held various positions at different points of time during his service, which inter–alia include Director General Accounts and treasuries, Budget and J & K Funds Organization, Director Budget & Codes, Director Finance (SKIMS) etc, the statement said.
Dr. Wani has served as Finance Member of various apex state level contract committees of Public Works Department, Public Health Engineering Department, SKIMS, Irrigation and Flood control Department and Mechanical Engineering Department over a period of time to oversee that canons of Financial Propriety relating to high end contracts are followed in letter and spirit, the statement added.
He has also served as Member Secretary of the Empowered Committee for regularization of Adhoc/Contractual/Consolidated employees under J & K Civil Services Special Provisions Act, a statement said.
Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited is a Scheduled Commercial Bank and one of the oldest private sector banks in India, having its Corporate Headquarters in Srinagar, J&K with its Zonal Offices in J&K, Delhi, Mumbai and Ladakh.
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