Pratyaya Amrit

Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Pratyaya Amrit was the first IAS officer to head Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd (BRPNN)- a corporation formed on 11 June 1975, and was on the verge of liquidation when he took over. He worked in the area of road construction in BRPNN as Bihar Road Construction Secretary. He took over as managing director of Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam in 2006. Amrit was made managing director of Bihar State Road Development Corporation in February 2011 and made the organisation adopt abandoned girls.

Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited Pratyaya was made the Chairman & Managing Director of Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited in June 2014. He completed rural electrification of 39,073 revenue villages in Bihar. Pratyaya was promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary of Energy department from Energy Secretary in February 2016. He has completed the task of 100% electrification in bihar in November 2018. Now Pratyaya has been focusing on renewable energy sources and steps have been taken to build solar power plant.

Personal life Pratyaya Amrit married his fellow Delhi University classmate Ratna. The couple has a daughter and a son. Daughter, Apoorva Srivastava has completed her graduation in Law from National Law Institute University, Bhopal and Son, Anshumat Srivastava, who has won the all India Tennis Championship in April 2010, and has studied at Bryant University, USA.

Awards Pratyaya Amrit was only IAS officer in India that Government of India picked in 2011 in the individual category for the Prime Minister's Excellence Award in Public Administration. The facilitation certificate reads "Bridging the gap: For turning around a dying Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation into a profit-making unit."