Public Grievances Commission
Government of NCT of Delhi

Shri Dharmendra is the Chairman, Public Grievances Commission, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a retired 1989-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, he holds a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi and has over three and half decades of distinguished experience in public administration and governance. He served as Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi, from September 2024 to September 2025, and earlier as Chief Secretary, Government of Arunachal Pradesh (2022–2024) and Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Council (2019–2022). He has also held several senior positions in the Government of India including Commissioner (lands) DDA, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. In Delhi Government he had held positions of Secretary (Environment & Forests) & Chairman, Delhi Pollution Control Committee; Divisional Commissioner & Revenue Secretary; Secretary & Commissioner (Industries); and Deputy Commissioner of Districts of North-West and New Delhi.

Throughout his career, Shri Dharmendra has served in a wide range of leadership and field assignments across Delhi, Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. His experience encompasses urban governance, public service delivery, environmental management, revenue administration, infrastructure and citizen-centric governance. In recognition of his contribution to excellence in public administration, he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2021 for his work at NDMC on seamless, end-to-end delivery of public services without human intervention.