Centre appoints Sandip Mishra as NTA director | Newest Information India

Mishra might be changing Pradeep Singh Kharola because the director of NTA. He might be heading the company for the subsequent 5 years. Archana Shukla, Amit Kumar and Shivani has been appointed as joint administrators for 4 years.

“Sandip Kumar Mishra IRS (IT) (2007) who was beneficial for central deputation by the division of income has been chosen for appointment as director within the Nationwide Testing Company below division of upper training, Delhi below the central staffing scheme for a interval of 5 years from the date of taking up cost of the put up or till additional orders whichever occasion takes place earlier. He could kindly be relieved workplace duties instantly with the directions to take up new project within the Nationwide Testing Company below division of upper training,” the federal government mentioned in a notification on Friday.

A Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) alumnus, Mishra had been at present serving as Joint Commissioner of Revenue Tax earlier than his appointment to NTA.

In June this 12 months, the Central authorities had appointed Kharola — after eradicating Subodh Kumar Singh — to guide NTA, following allegations of irregularities in Nationwide Eligiblility cum Entrance Testing-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) and College Grants Fee-Nationwide Eligibility Take a look at (UGC-NET exams) performed by the testing company in Could and June respectively.

Following widespread studies of malpractices in NEET-UG examination, with the matter even reaching the Supreme Court docket, Centre arrange a seven-member panel headed by former Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) chairman Dr Ok Radhakrishnan in June to recommend methods to enhance NTA’s functioning. The committee submitted its report back to the federal government on October 21.

Based on the panel recommendations, NTA will, from 2025, conduct solely entrance exams for larger training establishments and never recruitment exams.

Established in 2017, NTA conducts main entrance examinations such because the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Foremost for engineering; the Nationwide Eligibility Cum Entrance Take a look at-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) for medication; and the Widespread College Entrance Take a look at (CUET) for common Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes in central universities.