Manjunath Bhajantri Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Manjunath Bhajantri Age, Wife, Family, Biography

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Wife: Jyothi Yelevala

Hometown: Belgaum, Karnataka

Age: 45 Years

Bio/Wiki
Profession Civil Servant (IAS Officer)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) 5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Civil Service
Service Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Batch 2011
Cadre Jharkhand
Major Designations • 4-5-2012 to 23-7-2012: Assistant Collector and A D M, Gumla
• 23-7-2012 to 4-11-2018: Assistant Collector and A D M, Ranchi
• 23-7-2012 to 30-8-2013: Assistant Collector and Assistant Magistrate (Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Rajbhasha Department), Gumla
• 31-8-2013 to 27-8-2014: SDO/SDM (Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha Department), Seraikela Kharaswan
• 26-8-2014 to 14-2-2015: District Dev Commissioner (Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Rajbhasha Department), Khunti
• 13-2-2015 to 1-4-2016: District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner (Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha Department), Lohardaga
• 6-2-2017: Managing Director of Energy Department
• 1-4-2016 to 6-2-2017: Managing Director (Energy & Alternative Energy
Power Transmission Corporation Limited), Ranchi
• 6-2/2017 to 9-2-2018: District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner (Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha Department), Simdega
• 10-2-2018 to 5-11-2018: Director Industries, Mines & Geology Department
• 10-2-2018 to 5-11-2018: Managing Director, Industries & Mines Department
• 5-11-2018 to 11-9-2019: Joint Secretary, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Dev and Fisheries Department
• 5-11-2018: Joint Secretary, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
• 26-12-2018 to 11-9-2019: Managing Director, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Department
• 12-9-2019 to 5-3-2020: Personal Secretary to Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
• 6-3-2020 to 4-11-2020: Personal Secretary to Minister of State, Railways
• 12-2-2024 - Till Date: Administrator, Subarnarekha Pariyojana Jamshedpur
Award Excellence in Governance Award (2023)
Personal Life
Date of Birth 5 June 1979 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024) 45 Years
Birthplace Belgaum, Karnataka
Zodiac sign Gemini
Nationality Indian
Hometown Belgaum, Karnataka
School Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Belgaum
College/University IIT Bombay
Educational Qualification B. Tech. (CSE)
Controversy Alleged Forced Flight Clearance and Sedition Charges in Deoghar

In 2022, the Deoghar police registered an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey
and Manoj Tiwari
based on Manjunath's claim that they forcefully obtained clearance for a chartered flight's take-off when the airport lacked night take-off or landing facilities. In response, Dubey filed an FIR in Delhi on 3 September 2022 against Manjunath and Jharkhand police officers, including sedition charges for allegedly compromising national security.
Social Media • Facebook

• Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status Married
Family
Wife/Spouse Jyothi Yelevala
Children Daughters- 2
Parents Father- Hanamantappa


Siblings He has five siblings.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Manjunath Bhajantri

  • In the early eighties, Manjunath Bhajantri’s father, Hanamantappa, would gather logs from nearby forests in Karnataka to sell at the Sureban village market in Belgaum district. This was the only means of income for their family of eight.

  • Hanamantappa and his wife were semi-literate. They struggled financially but provided their six children with a better life. They encouraged them to study hard.

  • Manjunath’s aptitude in mathematics was noticed by his school teachers in class 5.

  • He secured admission to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Belgaum in class 6. He was the class 12 board topper in Hyderabad.

  • After 12th, Manjunath Bhajantri cleared the engineering entrance exam without any coaching and joined IIT Bombay in 1997 to study computer science engineering.

  • After graduating from IIT Bombay, he did not take up a job but instead looked for an investor and founded a start-up. He developed a text-to-speech software; however, the start-up failed as its investor backed out.

  • Later, he worked for Reliance and Infosys for some time.

  • Manjunath Bhajantri started preparing for the UPSC civil services examination in 2009 and cleared the examination in 2010, becoming an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre.

  • His father wanted him to stay in the IPS; however, Manjunath reappeared for the civil services examination in 2010 and qualified for the Indian Administrative Service  (IAS) and was allotted the Jharkhand cadre.

  • Manjunath Bhajantri is inspired by Narendra Modi , the Prime Minister of India.

  • He once served as the Director of Handloom, Sericulture, and Handicraft in the Government of Jharkhand.

  • Manjunath Bhajantri has held various posts including private secretary to the Minister of State, Railways, and the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog, under the Modi government.

    Manjunath Bhajantri while at work

  • In 2020, he was appointed as the deputy commissioner and district election officer (DEO) of Deoghar, Jharkhand.

  • Manjunath Bhajantri likes to play the guitar in his free time. He meditates regularly. His favourite film is 3 Idiots.

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