| Pranjal Yadav | |
| Alt: | Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical, Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW |
| Birth Place: | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Education: | B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering |
| Alma Mater: | IIT Roorkee |
| Occupation: | Special Secretary, National Integration Department, Govt. of U.P. Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare Deptt. + Additional Mission Director, NHM, UP LUCKNOW |
| Years Active: | 2006–present |
| Employer: | Government of India |
| Organization: | Indian Administrative Service officer |
Pranjal Yadav is an Indian Administrative Services officer[1] who is the Special Secretary at the National Integration Department; Special Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare and Additional Mission Director, National Health Mission, Government of Uttar Pradesh.[2]
He completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from IIT-Roorkee before getting into IAS in 2006.[3]
In June 2007, he started his career as an assistant collector in Allahabad district and then went next to Siddharth Nagar sub-division as a joint collector.[4] He was the Azamgarh DM before he was transferred to Varanasi. Yadav was appointed on 3 February 2013 in Kashi.[5] He has worked against illegal occupation on the streets and for the protection of the Ganga river's historical Ghats.[6]
Pranjal faced controversies over not allowing the prime ministerial candidate to hold a public rally.[7] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate in Varanasi, Narendra Modi, has been a favorite of the locals despite not allowing the rally to be held in the sensitive Benia Bagh ground in 2014.[8]