Who is Naresh Pal Gangwar? New education secretary appointed amid CJP protest
Naresh Pal Gangwar has been appointed as the new education secretary, succeeding Vineet Joshi, who has been transferred to the Department of Panchayati Raj. Gangwar, a 1994-batch Rajasthan cadre officer, previously served as the secretary of the animal husbandry and dairying department and has extensive academic qualifications, including degrees from IITs and the University of Rajasthan. This appointment comes amid ongoing protests by the CJP, which have escalated following the hospitalization of activist Sonam Wangchuk during a hunger strike.