Centre appoints 2 directors, joint director to the NTA agency after NEET row

The Centre has appointed two directors and a joint director to the National Testing Agency (NTA) as the examination body faces continued scrutiny over NEET and other exam-related concerns.

The appointments come at a time when the government is preparing a major overhaul of the agency's examination system.

According to separate orders issued by the personnel ministry on August 27, Ravi Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service officer, and Prasanna Venkatesh V, an Indian Administrative



Service officer, have been appointed as directors in the NTA.

Amit Samdariya, a 2016 batch Indian Revenue Service officer from Customs and Indirect Taxes, has been appointed as joint director.

The three officers have been directed to take charge of their new positions within three weeks of the orders being issued.

The orders state that failure to join within the stipulated period could result in the "process of debarment from the Central Staffing Scheme" being initiated.