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New Delhi: Former Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare, who was instrumental in implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) and brought in major policy changes, was appointed As an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
According to the order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Khare, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, has been appointed on contract basis for two years in the post and pay scale of Secretary.
Khare, who also served as the Information and Broadcasting secretary in 2018-19, retired from service in September. He was reappointed As I&B Secretary in April 2020.
He was appointed as the Higher Education Secretary in December 2019.
Apart from his role in the NEP, Khare was also at the forefront of important policy changes, such as academic bank of credit And this four year undergraduate program, which will be implemented in the University of Delhi in the next academic session (2022-23).
A BSc (Physics) graduate from St Stephen’s College, Khare holds an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.
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JNU fee crisis, Bihar fodder scam
Khare took charge of the Ministry of Education at a very crucial time, in the midst of opposition Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) created ruckus over the issue of hostel fee hike.
According to ministry sources, former higher education secretary R. Subramaniam was transferred because he had failed to resolve the JNU issue.
right after taking charge met JNU Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar and the fee hike were partially withdrawn within a month.
As I&B Secretary, he was instrumental in bringing about the IT Rules issued earlier this year.
In the late 1990s, Khare was prominent in Expose Fodder scam in undivided Bihar when he was posted as Deputy Commissioner of West Singhbhum (now in Jharkhand).
On 27 January 1996, Khare raided the animal husbandry office in Chaibasa, which eventually exposed the fodder scam of Rs 950 crore. The then Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad was eventually convicted in the case.
“I didn’t waste my time thinking about my career or my family, or my future. Otherwise, I would not have taken the decision to initiate an inquiry into the fodder scam,” Khare wrote in a 2017 column published in ThePrint.
“Then why did I do this? The answer is that most of us joined civil service as a career with the dream of building a new India. And as the Deputy Commissioner, who is the administrative head of the district, it is my duty. was,” he said.
(Edited by Rachel John)
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