Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi (IAS) has assumed charge as new Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE). He is a 1987 Batch IAS officer and belongs to Jharkhand cadre and succeeded Anand Kumar in the Ministry who earlier took charge Secretary, Ministry of Culture.
After formally taking over, Chaturvedi met senior officers of the Ministry and took stock of the work and issues before the Ministry.
Prior to this appointment, Chaturvedi was serving as Additional Chief Secretary and Additional Secretary (Climate Change Department) of the Ministry of Climate Change Department, Environment & Forest, Government of Jharkhand.
Chaturvedi is B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Kanpur and holds a P.G. in International Development from Harvard University (USA). He has worked in the Government of Jharkhand and Government of India at various positions including field and policy level. He has also worked as Joint Secretary or equivalent in PMO, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry Of Finance.
