Prakash Rajpurohit appointed Deputy Election Commissioner, Vivek Khare as NTA Joint Secretary
The Indian government has announced a major bureaucratic reshuffle, appointing Prakash Rajpurohit as the new Deputy Election Commissioner and Vivek Khare as Joint Secretary of the NTA. These appointments are part of a broader movement of 27 civil servants across various ministries.
Why it matters
High-level bureaucratic appointments significantly influence the administration of elections and national testing agencies in India.
Senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday (October 10, 2026).
Mr. Rajpurohit, a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed to the post for a tenure up to April 8, 2030, in place of Sanjay Kumar, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
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Vivek Khare, a 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, will be Joint Secretary, National Testing Agency (NTA), it said.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointments of 27 civil servants at joint secretary and equivalent levels.
Ravi Shankar, Chittaranjan Dash, P. Manoj Kumar and Abhishek Bhagotia have been appointed as joint secretaries in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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