Anil Swarup^[1] is an Indian author and retired Indian Administrative Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and 1981 batch. Mr.Swarup in his 38 years of career has served in various capacities and later went on to become the Secretary to the Government of India.

Anil Swarup was born on 01 July 1958 in Allahabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He is a post-graduate in Political Science from the University of Allahabad in 1978, where he was awarded Chancellor’s gold medal for being the “best all-round student”.

Before joining IAS, he worked as an Indian Police Service officer for one year. Swarup joined IAS in 1981 and is the recipient of Director’s gold medal for “best officer trainee” of his batch at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA).

He has served in various key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, like as Education Secretary of India, Coal Secretary of India, Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of India, Additional Secretary of Labour & Empowerment, Export Commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of India and as the District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri during the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi agitation under then chief ministership of Kalyan Singh.