Amarjeet Sinha, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Orders to this effect were issued on Monday, September 15.
A Bihar cadre officer of the 1983 batch, Sinha has served in the Bihar government in the capacity of Principal Secretary, Education, before he was transferred to the Social Welfare department in the same capacity in June this year.
Sinha replaces Amita Sharma, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre who has been empanelled for appointment to Secretary equivalent posts in the Centre.
