Vineet Joshi Appointed as Chairman of CBSE

Why in news?

• IAS Vineet Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
• He replaces IAS Manoj Ahuja, who has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
• Mr Joshi, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, is an Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, under the Ministry of Education. He is also the Director-General of the National Testing Agency (NTA). In 2010 as well he got the responsibility of CBSE chairman.