Ex-NTA chief, removed amid NEET paper leak charge, appointed Steel Ministry’s additional secy

In June this year, Subodh Kumar Singh was put on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training by the Centre

Ex-NTA chief appointed Steel Ministry's additional secretary

Before being appointed NTA chief in June last year, Singh was Additional Secretary in the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. (PTI/ File photo)

Subodh Kumar Singh, a 1997-batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer, who was removed from the post of National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General in June following alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, was appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel on Saturday.

In June this year, Singh was put on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training by the Centre, which had also formed a committee headed by former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan to recommend reforms in testing procedures and data security protocols, and to review the structure and functioning of the NTA.

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The Union Education Ministry had in June this year handed over the investigation of the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG exam to the CBI. The central agency had said earlier this month that 144 candidates, who had allegedly paid to get NEET-UG papers leaked and solved hours before they were to take the exam, have been identified.

Amid the uproar over the allegations of irregularities in NEET-UG, three other exams — UGC-NET, CSIR-UGC NET, and NEET PG — were either cancelled or postponed.

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