Vineet Joshi

Vineet Joshi (born 2 November 1968) serves as Secretary in the Department of Higher Education (India) under the Ministry of Education from 26 December 2024 onwards. He is also given additional charge as the chairman of the University Grants Commission, on 11 April 2025. Previously, he served as Chief Secretary of Manipur, Director-General of National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting entrance examinations in India. He also served as the resident commissioner of Government of Manipur.^[3][4] IAS Vineet Joshi was re-appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on February 14, 2022, after which he was succeeded by IAS Nidhi Chhibber.

Vineet Joshi IAS
Born	(1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 56) Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (MBA) IIT Kanpur (B.Tech)
Occupation(s)	Chairman of UGC (acting), Secretary in the Department of Higher Education (India), former Chief Secretary of Manipur, former Director-General National Testing Agency, former Chairman of CBSE, Resident Commissioner in Government of Manipur,[1] IAS Officer[2]
Known for	Introducing Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation

Education and early life

He was educated at Annie Besant School, Allahabad, and GIC, Allahabad. Joshi pursued an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at IIT Kanpur and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.^{[citation needed]} He belongs to 1992 batch IAS (Manipur cadre) and started service in the Youth Affairs and Sports department in Manipur. He joined the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as private secretary in the 1999. From 2000 to 2001, he was the private secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.^{[citation needed]} Late in 2010 and then again in 2022, he was appointed as the chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education.^[2] He was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Manipur on May 7, 2023^[5] by the Government of Manipur and served there till 25 December, 2024. Thereafter, he was appointed as Secretary in the Department of Higher Education (India) under Ministry of Education from 26 December 2024 onwards.^[6] On 11 April 2025, he was given additional charge of the chairman of University Grants Commission.