Shri Shashank Chaudhary IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2017), presently serving as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Invest UP, has been entrusted with the charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) – Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). He will continue to hold the post of ACEO of Invest UP.
UPEIDA, is presently headed by Shri Deepak Kumar IAS (Uttar Pradesh 1990), with Shri Srihari Pratap Shahi IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2018) already functioning as Additional Chief Executive Officer. With the assignment of Shri Shashank Chaudhary as ACEO, the Authority will now have two officers officiating at the level of Additional Chief Executive Officer.
The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), established in December 2007, is the state agency responsible for developing, operating, and maintaining expressways across Uttar Pradesh. Its role extends beyond expressway construction to promoting 27 Integrated Manufacturing & Logistics Clusters (IMLCs) and six Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs), aimed at boosting industrial investment and the defense sector. UPEIDA follows a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to execute large infrastructure projects through long-term concession agreements. Among its major initiatives, the ₹45,000 crore Noida–Lucknow Expressway, targeted for completion by 2026, is expected to cut travel time between the two cities to about three hours. UPEIDA also oversees the Yamuna, Agra–Lucknow, Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, and Gorakhpur Link Expressways.
IndianBureaucracy.com wishes Shri Shashank Chaudhary the very best.