Amit Agrawal takes charge as Secretary of Department of Pharma

Written by Ruchika Sharma Published On 2024-12-26T15:37:47+05:30 | Updated On 26 Dec 2024 3:37 PM IST

Amit Agrawal takes charge as Secretary of Department of Pharma

New Delhi: Amit Agrawal, IAS has assumed the role of Secretary of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Aggrawal succeeds Arunish Chawla, who has been appointed as Secretary of Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

In a recent notification, Secretary of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and Establishment officer said, " Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Shri Arunish Chawla, IAS (BH:92), Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers as Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. He will continue to hold the additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Culture till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders whichever is earlier."

"Shri Amit Agrawal, IAS (CG:93), Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers vice Shri Arunish Chawla, IAS (BH:92) upon his appointment as Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance," it further stated.

Arunish will continue to hold the additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Culture till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders whichever is earlier.

Amit Agrawal is an officer of the 1993 batch IAS from the Chhattisgarh cadre. A graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, he held several important positions both at the Centre and states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. He holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India. Prior to joining UIDAI as CEO, he was Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Before that he was Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. In Chhattisgarh, he served as the Finance Secretary and the Secretary in charge of the Departments of Commercial Tax and Technical Education in the State Government among other roles.

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Ruchika Sharma

Ruchika Sharma joined Medical Dialogue as an Correspondent for the Business Section in 2019. She covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She has completed her B.Com from Delhi University and then pursued postgraduation in M.Com. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751