Delhi, May 2: The Centre on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Lokhande Prashant Sitaram as the CBSE Chairperson.
According to an order approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, a 2001-batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as the new CBSE Chairperson in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
He is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Department of Home under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Apart from it, the Center has appointed Varun Bhardwaj as new CBSE Secretary amid the ongoing controversy surrounding CBSE's digital evaluation system.
The move comes after weeks of scrutiny over CBSE's evaluation and post-result processes, which sparked concerns among students, parents and teachers across the country.
CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh, was heading the Board's overall functioning and examination reforms, and Secretary Himanshu Gupta, was overseeing administration, finance and affiliations.
