Senior bureaucrat Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed as the new Higher Education Secretary, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday.
She succeeds Vineet Joshi, who was appointed last month as the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Incidentally, Naresh Pal Gangwar, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, was also named as the Higher Education Secretary, in place of Joshi.
In a partial modification of its July 23 order, the Personnel Ministry announced late on Monday night that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Mukerjee’s appointment as the new Higher Education Secretary.
Her appointment comes in the wake of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak controversy.
Mukerjee, a 1993 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently serving as the Corporate Affairs Secretary.
Youth Affairs Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil will now be the Corporate Aff
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