New Delhi: The Central Govt has approved the premature repatriation of senior IAS officer Sonmoni Borah (IAS) to his parent cadre on Friday. According to an order issued from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on February 9, the Competent Authority has approved the proposal of the Department of Land Resources for premature repatriation of Borah to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion in the cadre.
Borah is a 1999-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre. Currently, he is posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development.
Borah has held multiple important positions including Secretary to the Governor of Chhattisgarh, with additional charge as the Secretary, Dept of Labor & Parliamentary Affairs. He has served as District Magistrate and Collector, for districts of Surguja, Janjgir-Champa, Kabirdham, Raipur and Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh. He was also responsible for UDAAN for the Primitive Tribe Children, an initiative for free English-medium education in Chhattisgarh.
An HSLC (+2) State Topper of Assam in 1993, Borah is an alumnus of Maxwell School, Syracuse University, JNU & Delhi University. He has also been two time PM Awards winner for the successful implementation of MNREGA. The list of recognition has many national awards on his name including the national award for the Best State for Divyangjan (PwD) welfare & rehabilitation as Secretary of Social Welfare Department.
Borah is also a Census Silver Medallist for his excellent work done during Census 2011 in Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh.
