New Delhi, August 11 (APAC Media): Senior IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, as part of a Secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffle approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
Mukerjee was previously serving as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and will now take charge of the Centre’s higher education portfolio.
A 1993 batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Mukerjee has held several senior positions at both the Centre and state level.
Her experience spans education, healthcare, corporate affairs and administration in Madhya Pradesh.
She has served in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, National Health Authority and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, besides holding various positions in the state government.
Education and Career of IAS Deepti Gaur
Mukerjee holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She also has an M.Sc. in Public Management and Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.
Her academic background in economics and public management, along with her extensive administrative experience, brings a broad policy and governance perspective to her new role in the Higher Education Department.
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