New Delhi: IAS officer Amit Agrawal, who was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in June 2023, has been given an extension of one year. He will continue serving in this post till November 2024.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued a notification saying, “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in central deputation tenure of Amit Agrawal, lAS (CG:93), Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India for a period of one year beyond November 2, 2023 i.e. up to November 2, 2024 or until further orders.”
An IIT Kanpur graduate, Agrawal formally took charge as CEO of UIDAI earlier this year, taking over from IAS officer Saurabh Garg, on June 19. He also holds the position of chairman of the National Digital Communications Policy Committee.
Prior to this appointment, he served as the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and before that, as the Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.
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