Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS was appointed as the first Inspector General of Registration of J&K, who took over the charge of IGR, J&K on 1st November 2019. Immediately after taking over the charge of IGR, J&K, submitted a proposal for rolling out of computerized registration system by adopting 'National Generic Document Registration System' developed by the Software Development Unit (SDU), NIC Pune under 'One Nation One Software' Program for online Registration of Documents and payment of Stamp Duty through e-Stamping through the Stock Holding Corporation of India - a Central Government PSU nominated as the Central Record Agency for Computerized Stamp Duty Administration in the whole country in the Union Territory of J&K .
With his personal efforts and optimistic approach, he got the rolling out of two projects -NGDRS and E-stamping through SHCIL. Pertinently the collection of registration fee has also been launched through JKGRAS during his headship.
She is a senior member of KAS, who has recently been appointed as IGR, J&K.