BIO

Ms. Nigar Fatima Husain, an Indian Defence Estates Service Officer of 1996 batch, has been inducted as Part Time Official (Govt Nominee) Director in the Board of BHEL w.e.f. 27.04.2026. She is presently posted as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. She has done her B. Sc (Hons.) in Zoology from Kolkata University, LLB from Delhi University, and Post-Graduation in Sociology from Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.).

She has served as Chief Executive Officer of Roorkee, Jhansi, Deolali and Mhow Cantonments. She was also Deputy Director General, Defence Estates, looking after Vigilance matters of the Department and as Addl. Director General, Defence Estates, she was responsible for land matters pertaining to the entire Defence land in the country. She has also served as Director, in the Department of School Education and Literacy and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.