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Centre appoints 3 senior officers to NTA amid NEET exam row
The central government has appointed three senior officers to the National Testing Agency (NTA) as it prepares for a major overhaul of the agency's examination system. IPS officer Ravi Kumar Singh and…
The central government has appointed three senior officers to the National Testing Agency (NTA) as it prepares for a major overhaul of the agency's examination system. IPS officer Ravi Kumar Singh and IAS officer Prasanna Venkatesh V have been made directors, while IRS officer Amit Samadariya has been appointed joint director.
The appointments, ordered by the personnel ministry on 27 August, come as the NTA faces scrutiny over alleged irregularities in the NEET exam and other tests. The officers have been asked to assume their new roles within three weeks. Ravi Kumar Singh is a 2012-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer who previously served as DCP in the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing.
Prasanna Venkatesh V is a 2012-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer who has served as district collector of Eluru and municipal commissioner of Vijayawada. Amit Samadariya is a 2016-batch IRS officer and an IIT Delhi mechanical engineering graduate. The government is planning a four-level checking system for question papers and has sought public suggestions for the Nandan Nilekani-led task force on exam reforms.
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The NTA was set up in 2017 as a specialised body to conduct entrance exams for higher education institutions, taking over from multiple agencies. Its reputation has been severely damaged by the NEET-UG paper leak in May, which led to the cancellation of results in some centres and multiple FIRs. The government has already formed a high-level committee under former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to recommend systemic reforms. The new appointees will likely oversee the implementation of tighter security protocols for question paper handling. The task force led by Nandan Nilekani is expected to submit its recommendations on exam security, accessibility and governance by October. The key measure to watch is whether the four-level checking system for question papers is operational before the next NEET cycle in 2027.
Source: bazaar.businesstoday.in
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