He is a 1987 Batch IAS officer belonging to Jharkhand cadre and had succeeded Anand Kumar in the ministry who has been shifted to the Ministry of Culture as its new Secretary.
New Delhi: Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, the new Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), assumed charge on Monday, the ministry said in a press release.
The government had appointed Chaturvedi as the new Secretary of the ministry in April.
He is a 1987 Batch IAS officer belonging to Jharkhand cadre and had succeeded Anand Kumar in the ministry who has been shifted to the Ministry of Culture as its new Secretary.
In his previous role, Chaturvedi was serving as Additional Chief Secretary and Additional Secretary (Climate Change Department ) of the Ministry of Climate Change Department, Environment & Forest, Government of Jharkhand.
Chaturvedi has worked in the Government of Jharkhand and Government of India at various positions including field and policy level. He has also worked as Joint Secretary or equivalent in PMO, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry Of Finance.
He has a graduate degree from IIT- Kanpur and holds a postgraduate degree in International Development from Harvard University.
Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes
