IAS Officer Manoj Ahuja appointed as CBSE Chairperson

The Central Board of Secondary Education has announced that it has appointed senior IAS officer Manoj Ahuja as the new chairperson of the Board. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that it has appointed senior IAS officer Manoj Ahuja as the new chairperson of the Board. 

He will replace IAS, Anita Karwal, who was appointed as the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, in April last week. 

As per the statement released by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Ministry of Personnel, Ahuja has been appointed in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to Government of India by temporarily upgrading the post.

A 1990 Odisha cadre civil servant, Ahuja, is serving as the Special Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel and Training.

The Board functions under the overall supervision of the Controlling Authority which is vested with the Secretary, School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

The Chairperson is the Chief Executive of the Board and is assisted by fourteen Heads of Departments i.e. Secretary, Controller of Examinations, Director (Academics), Director (Training), Director (IT), Director (Misc. Examinations), Director (Edusat, Research & Development), Director (Skill Education), four Regional Directors, Director (Registered Office, Ajmer) and Director (Professional Examinations). 

More than 30 lakh students have registered for the board examinations this year and the Board is yet to complete some important examinations of Class 12 students.

The CBSE board exams were postponed earlier due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

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