In a major development, the govt of India initiated reshuffle of IAS officers. Vineet Joshi, IAS officer Manipur 1992 batch, who is presently posted as DG National Testing Agency has been given additional charge of Chairperson National Council for Teacher Education, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
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