Ministry of Education, GoI

Smt. Anita Karwal

Secretary (D/o School Education and Literacy)

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

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

124-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Vipin Kumar

Joint Secretary (AE & Coord)

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.

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

Phone Number: 91-11-23070927(O)

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

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.

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

Phone Number: +91-11-23389247(O)

117-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Santosh Kumar Yadav

Joint Secretary

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

Phone Number: +91-11-23387781(O)

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

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.

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

Phone Number: +91-11-23386232(O)

217-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Ms. 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.

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

Phone Number: +91-11-23383202(O)

107-D, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

Lamchonghoi Sweety Changsan

Joint Secretary (Samagra Shiksha-I)

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.

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

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

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

Darshana Momaya Dabral

Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor

Ms. D. M. 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.

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

Phone Number: +91-11-26712464(O)

203-C, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - India

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.

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

Phone Number: +91-11-26712464(O)

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

-VACANT-

Chairperson National Council for Teacher Education(NCTE)

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

Phone Number: +91-11-23370114(O)

Manoj Ahuja

Chairperson Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE)

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

Phone Number: +91-11-22467263(O)

Nidhi Pandey

Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)

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

Phone Number: +91-11-26512579(O)

Deepa Anand, Director

National Bal Bhavan (NBB)

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Vinayak Garg

Commissioner Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (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.

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

Phone Number: 0120-2975755

Prof. Saroj Sharma

Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

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

Phone Number: 0120-2403173

Dr. Sridhar Srivastava

Director (I/C) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

E-mail: director.ncert@nic.in

Phone Number:+91-11-26519154(O)

Chairman - Vacant

Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)

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