IAS officer Vineet Joshi assigned charge of CBSE

Question: Recently, Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
(a) Vineet Joshi
(b) S Kishore
(c) Ilker Ayci
(d) Rishi Agarwal
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:

  • IAS Vineet Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
  • He replaced IAS Manoj Ahuja, who has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
  • Mr Joshi, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, is an Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, under the Ministry of Education.
  • He is also the Director-General of the National Testing Agency (NTA).
  • In 2010 as well he got the responsibility of CBSE chairman.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

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