IndiaAI Chief Abhishek Singh Moved to Head Testing Agency
Senior MeitY official behind India’s AI mission shifts to NTA as the exam body remains under scrutiny after the NEET controversy.
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Abhishek Singh, Chief Executive Officer of the IndiaAI Mission and Director General of the National Informatics Centre, has been moved out of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and appointed Director General of the National Testing Agency as part of a wider bureaucratic reshuffle approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The Department of Personnel and Training’s EO Division order list dated 31 March places Singh, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, under the education ministry in the latest round of senior-level appointments.
The latest reshuffle covered more than 40 senior officers across ministries and departments.
Singh had been serving as Additional Secretary at MeitY while also holding charge as chief executive of the IndiaAI Mission and director general of the National Informatics Centre.
He has been one of the government’s most visible officials on artificial intelligence policy, helping shape the public rollout of the IndiaAI Mission and its outreach to developers, researchers and startups.
In November 2024, IndiaAI, the government’s platform for implementing and promoting the IndiaAI Mission, said Singh had outlined the mission’s roadmap across compute access, datasets, skilling and responsible AI.
At the India AI Impact Summit in February, he was among the senior MeitY officials leading a showcase of India’s AI ambitions through policy messaging, international engagement and sectoral case studies.
The event also ran into some problems, including over logistics and tech glitches, along with a separate controversy over the display of a Chinese-made robotic dog as an indigenous innovation.
His appointment to head the National Testing Agency comes with the exam body still under scrutiny over the conduct of major entrance tests after the NEET-UG 2024 controversy triggered sustained criticism of its systems and oversight.
