
New Delhi: Awanish Awasthi, a 1987 batch IAS officer who is considered quite close to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is to retire on August 31. At present he is one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the state. He has been holding very important Home Department for a long time. Besides, he is Additional Chief Secretary of many important departments including Visa Passport, Prison Administration and Reforms, Vigilance etc.
Besides, he is the Chief Executive Officer of UPEIDA (Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority) for more than five years.