New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) 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 last month appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Mukerjee, a 1993 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently serving as the Corporate Affairs Secretary.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Mukerjee’s appointment as Secretary, Department of Higher Education, an order issued late Monday night by the Personnel Ministry said.
The appointment assumes significance in the wake of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak controversy.
Youth Affairs Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil will be the new Corporate Affairs Secretary, it said.
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