Ajai Vikram Singh
Revenue secretary
Ajai Vikram Singh is the odd-man-out in every sense of the term. He is the first man since Javed Choudhury to be appointed revenue secretary from the post of special secretary.
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Most of his predecessors underwent a secretarial stint in some other government department before being appointed the revenue secretary. S Narayan, for instance, went to the revenue department after serving as the petroleum secretary.
With three years to go before retirement, and a revenue secretaryship under his belt, sky is the limit for Singh.
But then there are certain hazards of being too successful too soon. Choudhary