Centre appoints two Joint Secretaries, Joint Directors in National Testing Agency
The Centre has appointed two joint secretaries and two joint directors in the National Testing Agency amid ongoing scrutiny over a recent exam paper leak. Anuja Bapat and Ruchita Vij will serve as joint secretaries, while Akash Jain and Aditya Rajendra Bhojgadhiya will take on the role of joint directors. The Central Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the NEET-UG paper leak that led to the cancellation of the exam.
- ▪Anuja Bapat and Ruchita Vij have been appointed as joint secretaries in the NTA.
- ▪Akash Jain and Aditya Rajendra Bhojgadhiya will serve as joint directors in the NTA.
- ▪The CBI is investigating a paper leak related to the NEET-UG exam that affected 23 lakh candidates.
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The Centre on Saturday appointed two each joint secretaries and joint directors in the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under the heat over the NEET-UG paper leak.Anuja Bapat, a 1998-batch officer of Indian Statistical Service, and Ruchita Vij, a 2004-batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes), will be new joint secretaries in the NTA for five years, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. The NTA record: Leaks, manipulations, cancellations across examsAkash Jain, an Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, and Aditya Rajendra Bhojgadhiya, an Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, have been named joint directors in the NTA, the ministry said in a separate order.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case and formed teams…
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