Senior IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, succeeding Vineet Joshi, who was recently moved to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj as Secretary.
A 1993-batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Mukerjee was serving as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, before being assigned her new responsibility.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved her appointment as Secretary, Department of Higher Education, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
