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Delhi. Mr Pradeep Kumar has taken over as the
new Defence Secretary, succeeding Mr Vijay Singh.
A 1972 batch officer of the Haryana cadre, Mr
Kumar knows the Ministry of Defence well as he
has been working there as Secretary Defence Production
and has interacted with both Indian and foreign
defence industry for the past couple of years
towards indigenisation of sophisticated technologies.
He is also a graduate in Electrical Engineering
from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi and Masters in Economics and Social
Studies from the University of Wales, UK.
Mr Pradeep Kumar has a rich and wide experience
in the field of public administration and has
held many senior positions in the Government of
Haryana and Government of India. He has worked
as Director of Industries, Principal Secretary,
Power, Irrigation, Science and Technology, Town
and Country Planning and Urban Estates departments
in the Government of Haryana. He has also worked
as Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy
Industry, Additional Secretary in the Ministry
of Coal, Chairman, National Highways Authority
of India and Secretary (Disinvestment) in the
Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He has
also served on the Boards of a number of leading
PSUs.
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