Rajesh Gera appointed Director General, National Informatics Centre
New Delhi: Senior scientist Shri Rajesh Gera has joined as the Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on 31st May 2022, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Tuesday said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Gera, Scientist 'G', to the post of Director General, NIC, it said.In...
New Delhi: Senior scientist Shri Rajesh Gera has joined as the Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on 31st May 2022, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Tuesday said.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Gera, Scientist 'G', to the post of Director General, NIC, it said.
In his association of more than 31 years with NIC, Shri Rajesh Gera headed several prominent divisions - Video Conferencing Division, Satellite Network Division, Aadhaar Authentication Division, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Ayush, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, NITI Aayog, PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, President Secretariat, Labour and Employment Informatics Division, and National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW) Project.
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The NIC, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), was established in 1976 with the objective to provide technology-driven solutions to central and state governments.
Rajesh Gera was on deputation in the Ministry of Defence as CEO, DPIT from 11.08.2018 to 31.08.2020. He joined back NIC as Deputy Director General (DDG) on 01.09.2020.
Shri Rajesh Gera completed his B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) with Honors in 1984 from IIT Varanasi, Banaras Hindu University.
