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CBSE gets IAS Manoj Ahuja as new Chairman

Education | Papri Chanda | Updated May 13, 2020

CBSE has appointed IAS Manoj Ahuja as the new Chairman of the Board on Tuesday. Manoj Ahuja, a 1990 batch Odisha cadre officer would be replacing Anita Karwal.

As a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has got a new Chairman for the Board. IAS Officer Manoj Ahuja has been appointed as the new Chairman on Tuesday. Among the 19 appointments that were approved the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, Ahuja was one among them.

Manoj Ahuja is a 1990 batch Odisha cadre officer and is currently working as Special Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel and Training. Ahuja will be replacing Anita Karwal, who has been appointed as Secretaryin the Department of Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development in April.

CBSE has released an official statement that read, “CBSE gets new Chairman Manoj Ahuja, IAS (OR:90), Special Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel and Training.” The Board has also shared a tweet in this regard.

Ahuja will have to take charge to complete the annual Board examination process of both Class 10 and Class 12. The remaining CBSE Board Exams would start on July 1 and would end on July 15, 2020. Soon after the completion of the Board examination, the evaluation process would begin. The evaluation process would be a challenge for the Board amid the social distancing norms.

CBSE 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.

Source : https://www.timesnownews.com/