# Deepti Gaur Mukerjee appointed Higher Education Secretary 2026-08-10T18:52:28+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The government appointed senior bureaucrat Deepti Gaur Mukerjee as the new Higher Education Secretary late Monday. A 1993-batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh, she was previously Corporate Affairs Secretary. Mukerjee replaces Vineet Joshi, who moved to Panchayati Raj. The appointment comes three weeks after the government put in abeyance the appointment of Naresh Pal Gangwar, whose family had received over Rs 1 crore in horticulture subsidies, the Times of India reports. Pallavi Jain Govil will take over as Corporate Affairs Secretary. ## Coverage - economictimes.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: bureaucracy, CSR, Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, Higher Education Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, tribal development Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/deepti-gaur-mukerjee-appointed-higher-education-secretary/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/deepti-gaur-mukerjee-appointed-higher-education-secretary/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.