New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 11 -- Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed as the new secretary of the Department of Higher Education under the Union Ministry of Education, media reports said.

The major bureaucratic reshuffle has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Mukerjee is a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who has held several senior positions in both the Madhya Pradesh government and the Union government.

Mukerjee joined the IAS through direct recruitment and belongs to the 1993 batch of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

She has served in several administrative roles, including district-level positions and senior posts in...