Senior Officers | School Education & Literacy

Smt. Anita Karwal

Secretary

(D/o School Education and Literacy)

Smt. Anita Karwal is an IAS officer of 1988 batch, Gujarat cadre.

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E-mail: secy[dot]sel[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23382587 / 23381104 (O)

Address: 124-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Sh. Santosh Kumar Sarangi

Additional Secretary

(D/o School Education and Literacy)

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Vipin Kumar

Joint Secretary

(Adult Education & Coordination)

Vipin Kumar is an IAS officer of 1996 batch, Bihar cadre. He is Electronics & Communication Engineer from MREC Jaipur. He has attended Making of Public Policy programme at Harvard University, USA and Programme & Policy Implementation at IPAC, Canada, Cyber Security and Cyber Crime at Gujrat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar and one week Cyber Security course at MEITY.
He is looking after Administration, Coordination & Parliamentary work, World Bank added projects (including STARS project), Setting up PARAKH under NEP-2020, ADB and other externally aided projects, International Cooperation relating to School Education Department, National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), All aspects of teacher education, E-Office, all reviews by Hon’ble PM, Sectoral Group of Secretaries, etc., Coordination with SCERTs, DIETs etc., Monitoring of E-Samiksha, LIMBS, CPGRAMS Portals, Adult Education and Literacy, Saakshar Bharat Mission, Directorate of Adult Education (DAE), Samagra Shiksha of Himachal Pradesh, Chattisgrah, and of UTs of Delhi, Puducherry, DNH&DD, Lakshadweep, A&N Islands.

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E-mail: jscord-mhrd[at]gov[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23070927(O)

Address: 107A-D, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Vipin Kumar Joint Secretary (Ministry of Education) @vipins1232002

Ramchandra Meena

Joint Secretary

(Mid Day Meal)

Mr. Ramchandra Meena is from the 1992 batch of the Indian Revenue Service. He is dealing with Mid Day Meal Scheme, National Awards to Teachers (NAT), National Bal Bhawan (NBB), National Foundation for Teacher Welfare (NFTW), Health and Nutrition component of Samagra Shiksha and Media related issues. He is also the vice-chairperson of KVS. In his spare moments he likes to read books and play badminton.

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E-mail: r[dot]cmeena[at]gov[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23389247(O)

Address: 117-C, Shastri Bhawan,New Delhi

Santosh Kumar Yadav

Joint Secretary

(Samagra Shiksha - I)

Mr. Santosh Kumar Yadav is from the 1995 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

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E-mail: yadavsk[dot]up[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23387781(O)

Address: 215-C, Shastri Bhawan,New Delhi

Maneesh Garg

Joint Secretary

(Samagra Shiksha - II)

Mr. Maneesh Garg is from the 1996 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)Himachal Pradesh Cadre. He has done B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi and Masters in South Asia and Global Security from King’s College, London. He is dealing with all matters of Samagra Shiksha Scheme which caters to nearly 12 lakh schools and 22 crore children across all 36 States and UTs. He is looking after issues pertaining to Policy & Planning, Finance, Budget, Coordination Learning, Infrastructure, Vocational Education, Model Schools, Right to Education, Swachh Vidyalaya, Appointment of Language Teachers (ALT) scheme. He is also dealing with issues of NCTE, NIEPA, World Bank and PISA.

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E-mail: maneesh[dot]garg[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23386232(O)

Address: 217-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Lamchonghoi Sweety Changsan

Joint Secretary (Institutions)

Ms. L. S. Changsan is from the 1994 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Assam Meghalaya Cadre. She is dealing with matters under Samagra Shiksha pertaining to Early Childhood Education (ECE), Pre-Primary, Promotion of Sports/Games/Play, Reading/Libraries, Inclusive Education including KGBV, Adolescent Education. Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM), Scheme for Infrastructure Development in Minority Institutions (IDMI). She loves reading and listening to music.

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E-mail: lschangsan[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23383226 / 23070584 (O)

Address: 103-D, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Geetu Joshi

Economic Advisor

Ms. Geetu Joshi is from the 1996 Batch of the Indian Economics Service(IES). She has done Masters degre in Economics from Delhi School of Economics. She is dealing with matters pertaining to all plans, Economics analysis & monitoring of resource allocation for and expenditure on Education, Finance commission, NIC, Shagun Repository , Aspirational Districts, Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat and Ease of Doing Business.

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E-mail: g[dot]sjoshi[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23383202(O)

Address: 107-D, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Darshana Momaya Dabral

Joint Secretary

Financial Advisor

Ms. Darshana Momaya Dabral is from the 1990 batch of the, Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Financial Services. She has 28 years of senior level experience at Central Government in the Dept. of Telecommunication, Ministry of HRD in the areas of Planning, Budgeting, Accounts, Revenue, Finance, Administration and overall Financial Management. She is posted as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser in the Ministry of HRD since September, 2015. She is dealing with Ministry’s budget & finance management. In her spare moments she likes to read Books, primarily on astrology and naturopathy.

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E-mail:jsfa[dot]edu[at]gov[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-23382696(O)

Address: 120-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

P K Banerjee

DDG

Statistics

Mr. Purnendu Kishore Banerjee is from the 1993 batch of the Indian Statistic Service (ISS). He is dealing with Statistics relating to School Education, Supply of data to UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) and other International Agencies, Publications “Examination Results”, “Educational Statistics at a Glance”, Performance Grading Index (PGI) data, Coordination work with Ministries concerning data convergence, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on education, Analysis of Major Reports, Content of SHAGUN Repository, Aspirational Districts, etc. Before joining the present post, he has worked in National Accounts Division, Office of RGI & Census Commissioner, India and National Sample Survey Office. He has done M. Sc. In Statistics from University of Calcutta and Post Graduate in Public Policy and Management from IIM, Bangalore. He was awarded President of India’s Silver Medal for distinguished work in Census 2011. In his spare moments he likes to read books, watch cultural programmes, particularly films, classical dance & music and travel.

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E-mail: pk[dot]banerjee[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-26712464(O)

Address: Room No.1, West Block-II,
Wing-VI, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - India

Autonomous Bodies

Santosh Kumar Sarangi

Chairperson

NCTE

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E-mail: cp[at]ncte[hyphen]india[dot]org

Phone: +91-11-23370114 (O)

Manoj Ahuja

Chairperson

CBSE

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E-mail: chmn[hyphen]cbse[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-22467263 (O)

Nidhi Pandey

Commissioner

KVS

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E-mail: commissioner[hyphen]kvs[at]gov[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-26512579 (O)

Deepa Anand

Director

NBB

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Vinayak Garg

Commissioner

NVS

Shri Vinayak Garg is an officer of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineer 1995 batch.He took over the charge of Commissioner Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, in the forenoon of 29 July, 2020. Prior to his joining in NVS as Commissioner, he held the post of Chief Vigilance Officer, India Tourism Development Corporation, under Ministry of Tourism and various capacity in Ministry of Railway. He posses B.tech(Hons.) Electrical degree from Roorkee University and MBA(Project) from Sikkim Manipal University.

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E-mail: commissioner[dot]nvs[at]gov[dot]in

Phone: 0120-2975755

Prof. Saroj Sharma

Chairman

NIOS

Prof. Saroj Sharma is associated with different dimensions of Education at various levels in contemporary educational system and addressing the quality concerns of the respective streams.
She has rich and varied academic experience as seasoned faculty member and sound administrative experience as academic Head of different Institutions offering the Graduate and Post graduate degrees of Education (B.Ed. M.Ed.). She has been the first Dean of the University School of Education, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univesity, New Delhi in the respective stream of Education.
Educational Qualifications: M. Sc. (Botany), M.A. (Sociology), M. Ed., M.B.A., M.Phil. & Ph. D. (Education)

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E-mail: cm(at)nios[dot]ac[dot]in

Phone: 0120-4089889

Dr. Sridhar Srivastava

Director

NCERT

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E-mail: director[dot]ncert[at]nic[dot]in

Phone: +91-11-26519154(O)

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CTSA

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