Vineet Joshi
Vineet Joshi serves as Secretary to [the Government of India|Secretary] in the Department of [Higher Education (India)] under Ministry of [Human Resource Development|the Ministry of Education] from 26 December 2024 onwards. He is also given additional charge as the chairman of the University Grants Commission, on 11 April 2025. Previously, he served as Chief [Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary] of Manipur, Director-General of National Testing Agency, which is responsible for conducting entrance examinations in India. He also served as the resident commissioner of Government of Manipur.
IAS Vineet Joshi was re-appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education on February 14, 2022, after which he was succeeded by IAS Nidhi Chhibber.
He was educated at Annie Besant School, Allahabad, and GIC, Allahabad. Joshi pursued an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at IIT Kanpur and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He belongs to 1992 batch IAS and started service in the Youth Affairs and Sports department in Manipur. He joined the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as private secretary in the 1999. From 2000 to 2001, he was the private secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Late in 2010 and then again in 2022, he was appointed as the chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education. He was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Manipur on May 7, 2023 by the Government of Manipur and served there till 25 December, 2024. Thereafter, he was appointed as Secretary in the Department of Higher Education (India) under Ministry of Education from 26 December 2024 onwards. On 11 April 2025, he was given additional charge of the chairman of University Grants Commission.