Centre appoints new CBSE Chairman and Secretary; meet Lokhande Prashant Sitaram and Varun Bharadwaj
मुख्य बातें
- •The Union government appointed Lokhande Prashant Sitaram (IAS, AGMUT Cadre, 2001 batch) as the new CBSE Chairman and Varun Bharadwaj (IIS officer, 2008 batch) as the new Secretary.
- •Lokhande Prashant Sitaram is currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and will assume the CBSE Chairman’s post from April 1, 2026.
- •Varun Bharadwaj is Director in the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education and will serve as CBSE Secretary until September 19, 2027.
- •The government had earlier transferred former CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta.
- •Lokhande Prashant Sitaram has been awarded the ‘State Award (Gold)’ for ‘Meritorious Service’ twice.
New Delhi, [Date] – The Union government has announced the appointment of new officials to top positions at the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Senior IAS officer Lokhande Prashant Sitaram has been appointed as the new CBSE Chairman, while IIS officer Varun Bharadwaj has been named the Board’s new Secretary. The decision was taken via an order issued by the Cabinet’s Appointments Committee (ACC) on Tuesday. Earlier, the government had transferred former CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta. Rahul Singh has now been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
