Bhuvnesh Kumar takes over as UIDAI CEO

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Bhuvnesh Kumar has taken over as the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India. He continues to be an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Kumar, an IAS officer of the 1995 batch from Uttar Pradesh cadre, replaces Amit Agrawal who is now the pharma secretary.

Bhuvnesh Kumar assumes charge as CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India

Bhuvnesh Kumar has assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), an official release said on Wednesday. Kumar also continues to be an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

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He takes over from Amit Agrawal who has been appointed as the new pharma secretary.

"Bhuvnesh Kumar assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday," an official release said.

Kumar is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

"A graduate and gold medalist from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, he held several important positions both at the Centre and in his cadre state," the release said.

Earlier, he also served as the Joint Secretary in MeitY.

In Uttar Pradesh, he served as the Principal Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries.

Previously, he was the Secretary Finance, Secretary MSME, Secretary Technical Education and Divisional Commissioner Department of Land Revenue in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

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