Navreet Kang

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Navreet Singh Kang joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983 and took premature retirement therefrom in August 2017 to join as the first Chairperson of the Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Before joining government, he graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi; and then obtained an LLB degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh. While in service, he did an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

During his service career he has held various positions in the Government of Punjab and the Government of India. He also did a 2-year deputation to the AGMUT cadre as Finance Secretary of the Chandigarh Administration. Apart from field postings such as Collector and District Magistrate, he mostly worked in the agriculture and rural development sectors in Punjab. In the Govt. of India, he served in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at various levels up to Secretary. His last posting was as a Secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Post retirement, Navreet was appointed by the Punjab Govt. as a Member of the Revenue Commission set up to review the various land laws applicable in the State. The Commission drafted some new laws and made amendments in some others.Currently he is on the panel of Arbitrators of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, and is mainly dealing with disputes between contractors and government, or between developers/concessionaires of infrastructure projects and the Govt.