India News | Former Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare Appointed as Advisor to PM
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Former bureaucrat Amit Khare, who last month retired as higher education secretary, has been appointed as advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for two years on contract basis, a personnel ministry order issued on Tuesday said.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) Former bureaucrat Amit Khare, who last month retired as higher education secretary, has been appointed as advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for two years on contract basis, a personnel ministry order issued on Tuesday said.
Khare, a 1985 batch (retired) IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, had superannuated on September 30.
Also Read | Priyanka Gandhi Offers 'Antim Ardas' to Farmers Killed in Lakhimpur Kheri Incident.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Khare as advisor to the prime minister in Prime Minister's Office, in the rank and scale of secretary to government of India, on contract basis, initially for a period of two years, it said.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)