{"id":35002,"date":"2026-08-28T17:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/nta-appointments-new-delhi-appoints-two-directors-joint-director\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:50:47","slug":"nta-appointments-new-delhi-appoints-two-directors-joint-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/nta-appointments-new-delhi-appoints-two-directors-joint-director\/","title":{"rendered":"NTA Appointments: New Delhi Appoints Two Directors &#038; Joint Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/28\/cover_1787917416659.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/28\/cover_1787917416659.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/28\/cover_1787917416659.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The central government has appointed two directors and one joint director to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which has faced criticism over several issues, including the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to separate orders issued by the Ministry of Personnel on August 27, Indian Police Service officer Ravi Kumar Singh and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Prasanna Venkatesh V have been appointed as directors at the NTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Amit Samdariya, a 2016-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer, has been appointed as the joint director at the NTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><span class=\"e913fbaa d3886593\"><strong>Must assume charge within three weeks<\/strong><\/span><strong\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">All three orders refer to a Ministry of Personnel circular directing the officers to take charge of their new posts within three weeks of the orders being issued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The order states that failure to do so will lead to the process of debarment from the Central Staffing Scheme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><span class=\"e913fbaa d3886593\"><strong>Changes in NTA&#8217;s examination system<\/strong><\/span><strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The government recently announced major changes to the NTA\u2019s examination system, including a four-tier process for evaluating examination papers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">It has also announced the removal of 600 experts and the addition of subject matter experts. 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