KD News Service
Srinagar, Sep 01: Government on Wednesday assigned the charge of Director JKEDI to Surat Singh, a senior JKAS officer.
The post was lying vacant since 2018 and the institute affairs were being managed by Executive Directors from time to time.
“Surat Singh, JKAS, Executive Director, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute, shall hold the charge of the post of Director JKEDI, in addition to his own duties, till further orders,” reads Order No. 815-JK(GAD) of 2021 dated 01-09-2021, a copy of which lies with Kashmir Despatch.
Pertinently, the institute has been lying almost defunct in absence of a full fledged Director having complete Drawing and Disbursement powers to manage the daily affairs of the J&K’s premier institute for entrepreneurship development.