Who is Pradeep Singh Kharola ? NTA's DG Changed Amid NEET, UGC-NET Exams Controversy

Pradeep Singh Kharola has been given extra charge as chief general of the Public Testing Organization (NTA). Due to controversy over exam irregularities, Subodh Kumar Singh, the previous NTA DG, has been removed from his position and placed on "compulsory wait" in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

NTA DG Changed

The public authority has dropped the UGC-NET even as there are charges of paper spill in NEET-UG too and interest for its undoing. The government also announced on Friday that the CSIR-UGC NET would be postponed.

Union Minister Refuses Paper Leak Controversy

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said before that the "top authority" of NTA is under a magnifying glass for supposed inconsistencies in the NEET and NET tests. In any case, he denied any paper spill in the CSIR-UGC NET, which was delayed.

Who Is Pradeep Singh Kharola?

• In November 2017, Air India's CEO was named Pradeep Singh Kharola, an IAS officer from the Karnataka cadre who was a member of the 1985 batch. • During Kharola's residency, the public authority bombed in its most memorable endeavor to privatize Air India, Mint detailed. • In 2019, Kharola was named as the new respectful flying secretary. • He will be the chairman of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) beginning in 2022. • Pradeep Singh Kharola has been relegated extra charge of the testing organization till arrangement of a customary occupant.

What Is NTA?

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which was established in November 2017 under the Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860, is an independent organization that is responsible for administering various entrance exams for admission to higher education institutions. NEET, JEE, CTET, GATE, GPAT, GMAT, CAT, UGC-NET, and CSIR-UGC NET are among the examinations offered by NTA. The agency is currently led by Pradeep Kumar Joshi, a former UPSC chairman, who was appointed by the education ministry to serve as its president.