Sudhansh Pant takes charge as new Union Health Secretary
New Delhi: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the central government has appointed Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant as the new Union Health Secretary under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW).
Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant has been named as the new Health Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Tuesday. Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Rajasthan cadre, is currently Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
He has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Department of Health and Family Welfare.
Shri Sudhansh Pant holds a B. Tech (Hons.) degree from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1991 in the Rajasthan Cadre.
In the early years of his service, he has worked as Collector & District Magistrate in the districts of Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Bhilwara and Jaipur. He has also worked as Chairman and Managing Director of the State Power Transmission Corporation, the State Power Distribution Companies and the State Renewable Energy Corporation.
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