Rajan Kashyap Rajan Kashyap, a member of the Indianย Administrative Service, served theย government, mainly in the state of Punjab,ย for 38 years, retiring as Chief Secretary. Heย studied Mathematics and English literatureย in India, and Development Economicsย (MPhil, Cambridge University, UK) and hadย a two-year stint as a university teacher.This book recounts his days as a districtย officer, as a unraveller of red tape, asย head of an agricultural cooperative and asย a handler of crucial service assignments.ย Post-retirement, he was Punjabยs firstย Chief Information Commissioner. He alsoย worked for the voluntary blood donationย movement and continued his associationย with tennis. He lives in Chandigarh with hisย wife, Meena, a former Professor of Botany.His daughter, Bini, and his son, Anurag,ย observe indulgently his undiminishedย passion for physical fitness, English andย Urdu poetry, and worthy causes.
