LIST OF STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS & ASSISTANT STATE PUBLIC

INFORMATION OFFICERS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS

Department Name Name of Slate Public Designation with Address Phone Number Fax
Information Officer &
Assistant State Public
Information Officers
Department of Jails Sri Joydeb Chakraborty, - IPS & lG of CS 2214-5504
2214-4794
State Information Officer
for the Deptt. & Dte.

Sn Ramapada Bhattacharya - AIGCS(HQ),Alipore Cl. 98311-68343

Assistant Public Information Corr. Home and Alipore
Officer Circle
Sri S.R.Hossain - Assistant DIGCS(S-1),Presidency 2214-4697
Public Information Officer Cl.C.H. & Presidency
Circle
Sri Anup Tripathi - DIGCS(S-2),, Midnapore 09433004274
Assistant Public CL.C.H. & Midnapore
Information Officer Circle
Sri Panchanan Biswas- DlGCS(N), Berhampore 03561-231403
Assistant Public Information Cl.C.H. & Berhampore
Officer Circle
Sri Parimal Das - Assistant AlGCS(N).Jalpaiguri 0353-2566256
Public Information Ofllcer CI.C.H. and JPG Circle 09434049896
Now Vacant - Assistant DIGCS(S&W). Dum
Public Information Officer Dum CI.C.H. & Dum Dum
Circle
Panctiayal & Rural Sri Ranjit Kumar Maiti, Deputy Secretary (MIS 9339826599
Development cell), Panchayat & R.D.
State Public Information
Department. (Jessop Deptt.
Officer
Building)

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63, N.S.Road, Kolkata-1 Sri Sujay Benerjee, Public Deputy Director. 2243-0366 2248-4522
Commissioner of P&RD
Information officer

Smt Suktisita Asstt Director. State 2282- 2582-8257

Instiatuareof 8161/564
Bhattacharya, Public
P&RD(Kalyani) 1/5975
Information Officer

Sri Koushik Des. Asstt. Faculty Member 2582-9641/42

Public Information Officer
Department of Sri Paritosh Sengupta, Deputy Secretary 2282-1952-54. Ext.278
InformationTechnology.
WBCS(Exe) - Public
4. Camac Street, 7th
Floor, Kolkata-16 Information Officer

Sri Anoop Agarwala. IAS - Joint Secretary 2282-1947 2282-1944

Appellate Officer
Refugee Relief & State Public Information Deputy Refugee 2282-3087 2282-3087
Rehabilitation Rehabilitation
Officer
Department Commissioner. West
Writers Building. Sri Chanchal Barui Bengal,10. Camac Street,
Kolkata-1 Kolkata-17
State Assistant Public All Additional District
Information Officer Magistrates of the
Respective Districts
Department of Sri Shyamal Kumar Joint Secretary 2214-5601,Ext.-415
Agriculture Mukherjee - State Public
Estab. (Sectt) Information Officer
Branch
Black-III, 2nd Floor
Sri Prafulla Kumar Mandal Additional Director of 2214-5600,Ext.494
Assistant State Public Agriculture (Commercial
Information Officer Crop)

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Finance Department Sri Bisweswar Maiti, Joint Secretary 2214-5601,Ext.-4950
WBCS(Exe)- State Public
Information Officer

Technical Education & Sri Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Joint Director

2358-9344 2358-9344
Training, Bikash
State Public Information
Bhavan(10th Floor),
East Block, Sail Lake, Officer
Kolkaia-700091
Sn Kamalendu Sarkar - Asstt. Director
-Do-
Assistant State Public
Information Officer
Information & Cultural Sri Shyamal Biswas - State Joint Director of 2415-1833
Affairs Information (Hq)
Public Information Officer

Assistant Slate Public All S.D.I. & C.Os of the

Information Officer in Sub Divisions
respect of his area of
jurisdiction
Appellate Authority Director of Information & 2214-3011
EX Officio Special
Secretary
Help the Stale Public Director of Culture 2214-3692
Information Officer Director of Films, 2214-5943
Director of Archaeology 2211-6635
Relief Department State Public Information OSD & Ex. Officio Deputy 2214-3562
Secretary
Officer -Relief Deptt, Sri
S.K.Datta

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 State Public Information Assistant Director Director Relief
2244- 2795
Officer for Directorate of
Relief

State Public Information District Relief Officers

Officer for districts

Assistant Stale Public SDROs

Information Officer for Sub
Divisions
Appellate Authority, Sri M.A. Special Secretary, Relief 2214-5855
Alam Department
Appellate Authority, Director of Relief 2244-2795
Sri S. Ghosh
Department of Sri Alok Kumar Deputy Secretary 2214-5600,Ext.-4527
Parliamentary Affairs,
Chakraborty - State Public
Writers Building,
Kolkata-1 Information Officer

Sri Arun Kumar Asstt. Secretary

Chakrabarti - Assistant
State Public Information
Officer
Public Enterprise Shri Biswanath Mukherjee - Assistant Secretary
Department, 63 N S State Assistant Public 2213-1630
Road, Ground Floor, Information Officer
Kolkata-1
Development & Planning State Public Deputy Secretary (Budget Board, Ext.150 2321-
Department, Poura Information Officer, & Audit) 1252,1833
Bhavan, 4th & 5th Floor. Sri T. K.Biswas
FD--4I5A, Salt Lake;
Kolkata-700106

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 State Assistant Public
Information Officer,
Sri N Aich
Appellate Authority, Sri A.
K. Bera
Tourism Department, 2 State Public Information
Brabourne Road, 4th
Floor, Kolkata-1 Officer,
Sri S. N. Bhattacharya
Assistant Stale Public
Information Officer,
Sri S.K. Bhattacharya
Appellate Authority,
Sri M.K. Sengupta
Department of Shri D.P. Jana, IAS, State
Sundarban Affairs, Public Information Officer
Mayukh( 1st Floor),
Bidhannagar Kolkata-
700091
Sri T.K. Rudra,
WBCS(Exe), State
Assistant Public
Information Officer
Department of Shri Kalipada Bhar , State
Power & Non- Assistant Public Information
conventional Energy Officer
Sources
New Secretariate
Buildings, 7th Floor,
Block-A, Kol-1
Directorate of Electricity Shri Bipul Hazra,
State Public
Information Officer,
Assistant 2321-1829-30, Ext.141
Secretary
(Establishment)
Special Secretary 2334-4870
(Establishment)
Managing Director, West 2248-7318 2248-8290
Bengal Tourism Department
Corporation Ltd.
Joint director, Directorate of 2225-4723/25 2225-4565
Tourism
Director of Tourism & Ex. 2225-8183 2225-4565
Officio Special Secretary
Member Secretary & Project 2337-4252 2337-4252
director And Ex-Officio Joint
Secretary
Deputy Project Director 2337-1102, Ext.23
(Admn), Sundarban
Development Board
Joint Secretary
Inspector of Lift & Member
Secretary of Lift Committee

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 Shri Anukul Ch. Mondal,
State Assistant Public
Information Officer
West Bengal Rural Smt. Baishali Biswas ,
Energy Development
Corporation Ltd. State Public Information
Officer
Durgapur Projects Ltd. Shri Tito Deb, State
Public Information Officer
Shri Anupam Chatterjee,
State Assistant Public
Information Officer
Shri Anup Mukherjee, State
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Shri Biswajit Tapadar, State
Assistant Public Information
Officer
West Bengal Renewable Shri Gautam Mitra,
Energy Development State Public Information
Agency Officer
West Bengal State Shri Pradip Kr. Biswas ,
Electricity Board State Public Information
Officer
Different Unit/ State Public Information
Officer of WBSEB in Officer
different circles,
headquarters
Different Unit/Officer of State Assistant Public
WBSEB in different Information Officer
Divisions
Dy. Chief Electrical
Inspector &
Renewal Officer of
the Licency Board
Company
secretary
Sr. Manager (Personnel)
Addl. Sr. Manager (E),
DPPS
Addl. Sr. Manager (Civil),
Township
Addl. Sr. Manager (Mech),
CMO
Manager (P & A)
Sr. Manager (P & A)
Sr. Manager/Manager (P &
A)
Jr. Manager/ Asstt. Manager/
Manager( P& A)
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Department of technical Shri Kamalendu sarkar, Assistant Director,
Education and Training, DTET, West
Establishment Branch, State Assistant Public Bengal
Bikash Bhavan Salt lake, Information Officer
Kol-91
Shri Shyamalendu Administrative
Officer, DIT, west
Chattopadhyaya, State Bengal
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Shri Soumitra Banerjee, WBSC, VET
State Assistant Public
Information Officer
Shri Sekhar Ghosh, State Registrar, WESCTE
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Shri Niranjan Saha, Registrar
State Assistant Public
Information Officer
Law Department, Shri Ratan Kumar Saha Deputy Secretary
Legislative Branch, State Public Information
Writers’ Buildings, main Officer
Block, Top Floor,
Kolkata-1
Higher Education Shri Swaraj Ghosh, Dy. Secretary, HE Deptt
Department,
Establishment Branch,
Bikash Bhavan, Salt
Lake, Kolkata-91

Asstt. Director, State

Archives, W.B.

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 Shri Manoranjan Deb, Asstt. Director,
DTE, WB
State Assistant Public
Information Officer
Shri Jayanta Joy Dy. Regional Edn.
Officer
Chattopadhyaya, State (Presidency Divn)
Assistant Public Information and EO Jt. DPI,
DPI, WB
Officer
Minorities Development State Public Information Joint Secretary
& Welfare Department,
Writers Building, Officer
Kolkata
State Assistant Public The Member Secretary,
West Bengal Minorities
Information Officer Commission

State Assistant Public The Managing Director, West

Information Officer Bengal Minorities
Development and Finance
State Assistant Public The Secretary, West Bengal
Information Officer Urdu Academy

State Assistant Public The Chief Executive Officer,

Information Officer Board of Walfs,
West Bengal

State Assistant Public The Executive Officer, West

Information Officer Bengal State Haj Committee

State Assistant Public The Presiding Officer, Walf

Information Officer Tribunal, West Bengal

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Backward Classes Shri A.K. Purokait, Joint
Welfare Department, Commissioner for
Writers Building WBCS(EXE), State Public Reservation and
Information Officer Ex-Officio joint
Secretary
State Assistant Public The Project
Officer-cum-
Information Officer District Welfare
Officer/District
Welfare Officer of
all districts
Housing Development, Shri Tapas Das Sharma, Dy. Secretary
A & E Branch
WBCS(Exe), State Public
Information Officer
Shri Bikash Chal, State Spl. Officer
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Commerce and Shri Barindra Kishore Das, Deputy Secretary
Industries Department WBCS, State Public
Writers’ Buildings, Information Officer
Kolkata-700001
Shri Jiban Chandra
Cell-‘A’
Chakraborty
WBCS, State Public
Information Officer

Shri Atul Krishna Biswas, Special Officer

WBCS, State Assistant Public
Information Officer

Shri Sabyasachi Roy Special Secretary to the

Appellate Authority Govt. of West Bengal

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Public Works Shri Santosh Das, Dy. Secy, PWD
Department, State Public Information
Establishment Branch Officer for both
PW&PW(Roads)
Department

Shri P.K. Dutta Roy, ACE-III, PW

(Roads) Dte.
State Public Information
Officer for PW(Roads)
Directorate
Shri Bibek Raha, ACE-I ,PW
Directorate
State Public Information
Officer for PW Directorate
State Assistant Public All Executive Engineers
under PW & PW( Roads)
Information Officer within Directorates
their respective jurisdiction
Department of Public Shri Sunil Kr. Ghosh, Joint Secretary
Health Engineering, New
Sectt. Buildings(7th WBCS(Exe), State Public
Floor), Information Officer
Kol-700001

Shri Mahadeb Roy, State Officer on Special Duty

Assistant Public Information
Officer
Public Enterprise Shri Biswanath Mukherjee, Assistant Secretary
Department, 63, N.S. State Assistant Public
Road, Ground Floor, Information Officer
Kolkata-1

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Department of Science Shri Soumitra Prasad OSD & Ex. Officio Deputy
and Technology, Mitra, Secretary
Bikash Bhavan, WBCS(Exe), State Public
Bidhannagar, Kolkata-1
Information Officer

Shri Sudip Ghosh, OSD

WBCS(Exe), State
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Department of Sports & No State Public Information
Youth Services (Youth
Services Branch), 32/1, Officer
BBd Bag (South),
Standard Buildings, 1st
Floor, Kol-1
Judicial Department Shri Sukhdeb Singh Deputy Secretary, Law
Deptt. & Deputy Secretary
Anand, State Public
Information officer
Home Department, Shri Ananda Gopal Jt. Secretary
Political Branch
Ghosh, WBCS, State
Public Information Officer
Shri Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Asstt. Secretary
WBCS, State Assistant Public
Information Officer
Department of health & Directorate of Health Deputy Director of Health
Family Welfare, GA Services, State Public Services (Administration)
Branch, Swasthya Information Officer
Bhawan, GN-29, Sector-
V, Salt Lake City,

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Directorate of Medical Joint director of Medical
Education, State Public Education
Information Officer

Health & Family Welfare Joint Secretary

(General
Department, State Public administration)
Information Officer

State Health & Family Executive Officer of State

Health & Family Welfare
Welfare Society, State Society
Public Information Officer

Directorate of Drug Respective Directors

Control/Ayurveda/Homeopa
thy/Medical Plants Board,
State Public Information
Officer

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 NGOs functioning under State NGO Coordinators
each programme, State
Public Information
Officer

P & R.D. Department Shri R.K.Maiti, , State Joint Secretary

Public Information Officer

Shri Sanjay Das,

Assistant Public
Information Officer
Dr. M.N. Ray, -Appellate Principal Secretary
Officer
P & R.D. Directorate Shri Sujoy Banerjee, State Deputy Director
Public Information Officer
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Appellate Officer Joint Director

State Institute of Smt. Suktisita Assistant Director

Panchayat & Rural Bhattacharya, State
Development Public Information
Officer

Sri Kaushik Dey, Assistant Faculty Member

Public Information Officer

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 Appellate Officer Director

District Rural State Public Information Deputy Project

Development Cell of Zilla Director, District
Parishad/ Siliguri Officer Rural
Mahakuma Parishad Development Cell/
Siliguri Mahakuma
Parishad
Vacant-Assistant Public
Information Officer
Appellate Officer Project Director, District
Rural Development Cell/
Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad
Zilla Parishad/ Siliguri State Public Information Secretary
Mahakuma Parishad
Officer
Vacant-Assistant Public
Information Officer

Appellate Officer Executive Officer

Panchayat Samity State Public Information Secretary

Officer

Vacant-Assistant Public
Information Officer

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 Appellate Officer Executive Officer

Gram Panchayat State Public Information Secretary

Officer

Vacant-Assistant Public
Information Officer

Appellate Officer Executive Officer

P & A.R. Department Shri Buddhadeb Bhaumik Assistant Secretary

Block-IV, 2nd Floor,
Writers’ Buildings State Public Information
Kolkata-700001 Officer

Shri Nilay Kumar Ghosh Joint Secretary

Appellate Authority

Technical Education & Shri Pritish Chandra Sarkar, Officer on Special Duty and
Training Department, State Public Information Ex-Officio Deputy Secretary ,
Establishment Branch, Officer Govt. of West Bengal
Bikash Bhavan, Salt
Lake Kolkata-700091

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 Shri Bazlul Haque Mallick Registrar
State Assistant Public
Information Officer

Shri Niranjan Saha, Registrar

Assistant Public Information
Officer

Shri Chuni Lal Joint Secretary

Mukhopadhyay , Appellate
Officer

Department of Public
Health Engineering
New Sectt. Buildings (7th
Floor), Kol-1

Appellate Officer-Shri K.S. Principal Secretary

Rajendra Kumar

Government of West Shri Sukumar Mahapatra, Joint secretary to the Govt.

Bengal, School State Public Information of West Bengal, School
Education Department, Education Department
Establishment Branch, Officer
Bikash Bhavan, Salt
Lake, Kolkata-700091

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 Shri Amiya Ranjan Sanyal, Deputy Director, Directorate
Assistant Public Information of School Education
Officer

Assistant Public Information Assistant Secretary

Officer

Panchayat & Rural Assistant Public Information Assistant Information Officer

Development
Department Officer

District Rural Public Information Officer Deputy Project Director,

Development Cell of Zilla District Rural Development
Parishad/Siliguri Cell
Mahakuma Parishad

Appellate Authority Project Director

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P & R.D. Office Appellate Authority Joint Director

Panchayat & Rural Appellate Authority Director

Development
Department, Kalyani

Higher Education Shri Swaraj Ghosh Deputy Director, Higher

Department Education Department
Establishment Branch, State Public Information
Bikash Bhavan Salt Officer
Lake, Kolkata-91 Assistant Director, State
Smt Aradhana Ghosh
Archives
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Shri Monoranjan Deb Assistant Director,
Directorate of Technical
Assistant Public Information
Officer
Shri Sandip Pandit Deputy Director, Public
Instruction, UGC
Assistant Public Information
Officer

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Shri Amit Kumar Dutta Assistant Editor, West
Bengal District Gazetteers
Assistant Public Information
Officer

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