National Testing Agency gets three senior officers amid exam overhaul

In a separate order, the ACC approved the appointment of Sathiya S, IRS (IT:2011), currently director in the Ministry of Cooperation, as director in the NTA on a lateral-shift basis. She will serve in the NTA until August 24, 2030, the balance period of her five-year deputation at director level or until further orders.

The appointments come a day after the Centre on Thursday appointed two directors and a joint director to the NTA. Prasanna Venkatesh V, IAS (AP:2012), and Ravi Kumar Singh, IPS (UT:2012), were appointed directors for five years, while Amit Samdariya, IRS (C&IT:2016), was appointed joint director for four years.

The latest appointments take the number of directors appointed to five and joint directors to four since March 2025. The Centre had appointed Pawan Kumar Sharma and Vijaykumar Vinayakrao Patil as directors and Ashish Gupta as joint director on March 27, 2025. On May 16, 2026, Akash Jain and Aditya Rajendra Bhojgadhiya were appointed joint directors, while Anuja Bapat and Ruchita Vij were appointed joint secretaries.