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NTA: New Director Appointed Amid NEET-UG, UGC-NET Exam Irregularities

Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed as the new NTA Director replacing General Subodh Kumar Singh amid 🦄the alleged irregularities over NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations.

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Students protesting ꧑against NEET exam irregularities | Photo: PTI
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Amid the simmering row over multiple irregularities in the highly competitive NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency ( NTA), India Trade Promotion Organisation Chairman 💟and MD Pradeep Singh Kharola has been assigned additi🍒onal charge of NTA DG replacing General Subodh Kumar Singh.

As per reports, Singh﷽ has been put on "com🎀pulsory wait" amid controversy over irregularities in exams.

The decision came as NTA has been facing massive outrage across several parts of the country over exposure of several malpractices in the process of conducting examinations tha🍰t led to compromised integrity.

NEET/NET row: Ex-ISRO chief to investigate exam irregularities

Amid controversies surrounding the NEET and UGC-NET exams, which were taken by over 30 lakh students, the Centre on Saturday constituted a high-level committee ꦕin a bid tꦕo investigate and further rectify the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Spearheaded by former ISRO chief Dr K Radhakrishnan, the seven-member committee will als𝔉o include prominent academicians and experts.

“The committee will make recommendations on reforming the mechanism of the examination process and improving data security protocols and the structure ꦍand functioning of NTA,” the Ministry of Education said in a press release.