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IAS Officer Prakash Rajpurohit Appointed Deputy Election Commissioner

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 4:25 AM UTC · How we work

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Prakash Rajpurohit, a 2010-batch IAS officer from Rajasthan, was appointed Deputy Election Commissioner, serving until April 8, 2030.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared 27 joint-secretary-level and equivalent appointments across multiple ministries.
Vivek Khare, a 1996-batch Indian Telecom Service officer, was named Joint Secretary of the National Testing Agency.
Govind Jaiswal, Joint Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, was approved for premature repatriation to his AGMUT cadre on October 9.

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Prakash Rajpurohit, a 2010-batch IAS officer from Rajasthan, was appointed Deputy Election Commissioner, serving until April 8, 2030.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared 27 joint-secretary-level and equivalent appointments across multiple ministries.
Vivek Khare, a 1996-batch Indian Telecom Service officer, was named Joint Secretary of the National Testing Agency.
Govind Jaiswal, Joint Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, was approved for premature repatriation to his AGMUT cadre on October 9.