The 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Dr Pallavi Jain Govil will be the new Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH). She is presently holding Principal Secretary, Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
DGH is the Indian governmental regulatory body under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The primary function of the DGH is to advise Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on Exploration Strategies & Production Policies among host of others.
DGH is also a nodal agency for implementation of government’s ambitious NELP and CBM policy.
Earlier, Ms Pallavi has also worked as Principal Secretary, Public Health and Famili Welfare department in Madhya Pradesh in 2019-20. Between August 2016 and 2019, she held responsibility of Health Commissioner and Controller FDA.
She has done her double Master’s Degrees, one in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi and the second one in Public Policy Analysis from Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
She also did her Ph.D. in Economics from City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, USA.
