Anshu Prakash (born 20 September 1961; IAST: Aṃśu Prakāśa) is a retired 1986 batch civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.
He also served as secretary in the telecom department of the Ministry of Communications (India) from 1 August 2019 to 30 September 2021 .
[2][3] Prakash has served in various key positions for both the Government of India and the governments of his cadre, such as Chief Secretary of Delhi, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), additional commissioner in the now-trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi, chairman and managing director of Delhi Transport Corporation, secretary of New Delhi Municipal Council, Registrar of Cooperative Societies in the Government of NCT of Delhi,[2][3] district magistrate and collector of a district in the Government of Goa,[2][3] and as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Rural Development, additional secretary in Department of Heavy Industries of Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, joint secretary in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and as a director in the Department of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs in the Indian government.
Prakash was allegedly manhandled by members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in February 2018.
[7][8][9] AAP countered Prakash's claim by saying that he had stated "He is not responsible to the chief minister or the MLAs", adding that Prakash had "used bad language against some MLAs and left without answering any questions".