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AP Cadre IAS Officer Prasanna Venkatesh Named NTA Director
Prasanna Venkatesh V is an Indian government officer.
He has been chosen to lead the National Testing Agency.
The NTA conducts important entrance and eligibility exams.
He is from the 2012 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre civil servants.
His appointment is for five years, unless the government changes the order earlier.
He must leave his current job and join the new post in Delhi.
Before this, he worked as Eluru’s District Collector and in several other government positions.
The appointment comes while the NTA is making organisational changes.
2012-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Prasanna Venkatesh V has been appointed NTA Director.
The appointment was approved under the Central Staffing Scheme for five years or until further orders.
A Department of Personnel and Training order dated August 27 directed his immediate release and joining.
He will serve under the Department of Higher Education in Delhi.
Venkatesh has held several Andhra Pradesh posts, including Eluru Collector and Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner.
- Who
- Prasanna Venkatesh V, a 2012-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer.
- What
- He has been appointed Director of the National Testing Agency.
- Where
- He will join the National Testing Agency under the Department of Higher Education in Delhi.
- When
- The Department of Personnel and Training issued the appointment order on August 27; the five-year term begins when he takes charge.
- Why
- The appointment was made under the Central Staffing Scheme as the NTA undergoes organisational changes to strengthen examination conduct and administration.
Key facts
- Appointee
- Prasanna Venkatesh V
- Position
- Director, National Testing Agency
- Cadre and batch
- Andhra Pradesh cadre; 2012-batch IAS officer
- Appointment authority
- Department of Personnel and Training
- Tenure
- Five years from taking charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier
- New department and location
- Department of Higher Education, Delhi
- Previous roles
- Eluru District Collector, Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner, and Secretary of the Social Welfare Department
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