Neelam Shami Rao Has Been Appointed As New Secretary Textiles

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Neelam Shami Rao Has Been Appointed As New Secretary Textiles

Smt. Neelam Shami Rao has been appointed as the new Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India which is led by Shri Giriraj Singh.

Prior to joining MoT, she has been the Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs. Smt. Rao has also served esteemed organizations like EPFO in senior position like Central Provident Fund Commissioner. She was also the Director General of Training in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the rank of Additional Secretary. Early in her career, she served as District Collector in Guna and Koria Districts of Madhya Pradesh.

She brings in rich and varied experience as an IAS officer who held various administrative positions in different departments of Central and State Governments.

She has been instrumental in many reforms in EPFO resulting in making it a more efficient, transparent and delivery oriented Organization.

She is IAS officer of 1992 batch of Madhya Pradesh Cadre and an alumni of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad with a B. Tech. degree in Electronics.