New Delhi, NFAPost: Abhishek Singh, a senior IAS officer who led India’s artificial intelligence and digital governance push for six years, has been appointed Director General of the National Testing Agency (NTA).
As per the Appointments Committe of the Cabinet order dated 31 March, Abhishek Singh will move from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to the examination body under the Ministry of Education.
The appointment comes at a critical time for NTA, which has faced intense scrutiny over examination irregularities including the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak scandal. Abhishek Singh, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, will take charge in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India by temporarily upgrading the post.
During his time at MeitY, Abishek Singh held a succession of high-profile positions. These included CEO of MyGov, the National e-Governance Division, Digital India Corporation and the IndiaAI Mission. He also served as Additional Secretary in MeitY and Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the central government’s primary technology backbone.
His portfolio covered artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, cybersecurity and digital skilling. That record made Singh central to the government’s efforts to position AI as the next major layer of Digital India, the flagship programme aimed at transforming the country into a digitally empowered society.
