Tejveer Singh takes charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Tejveer Singh, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, assumed charge as Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals on 7 April 2026; outgoing Secretary Nivedita Shukla Verma moves to DARPG.
Summary
Tejveer Singh, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, assumed charge as Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, on 7 April 2026. He was previously Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Government of Punjab, and has served as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Punjab. The outgoing DCPC Secretary, Nivedita Shukla Verma, has been appointed Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), with additional charge of the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare.
Key facts
- Appointee
- Tejveer Singh, IAS (Punjab, 1994)
- Post
- Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
- Took charge
- 7 April 2026
- Previous
- ACS, Technical Education & Industrial Training, Punjab
- Outgoing
- Nivedita Shukla Verma → Secretary, DARPG (+ Pensions)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Tejveer Singh assumed charge on 7 April 2026 as Secretary of which department?
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Correct answer: D — Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
PIB said Tejveer Singh assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Nivedita Shukla Verma, outgoing Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, has been appointed Secretary of which department?
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Correct answer: A — Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
PIB said she has been appointed Secretary, DARPG, with additional charge of the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare.