in meters– 1.65 m
in feet & inches– 5’ 5”
• Joint Secretary Liaison/Protocol/Personnel and General Administration (1 August 1989 – 1 December 1989)
• Deputy Development Commissioner (1 December 1989 – 1 April 1992)
• District Collector and District Magistrate, Darbhanga (1 April 1992 – 1 May 1994)
• Additional Secretary Administrative Reforms/Personnel and General Administration (1 May 1995 – 1 April 1995)
• District Collector and District Magistrate, West Singhbhum (Chaibassa) (1 April 1995 – 1 January 1997)
• Controller Education/Human Resource Development (1 January 1997 – 1 December 1998)
• Secretary Revenue/Finance (1 December 1998 – 1 February 1999)
• District Collector and District Magistrate, Patna (1 February 1999 – 1 April 1999)
• Secretary Revenue/Finance (1 April 1999 – 1 June 1999)
• Director Elementry Education/Human Resource Development (1 June 1999 – 1 March 2000)
• District Collector and District Magistrate, Patna (1 March 2000 – 25 November 2000)
• Commissioner Commercial Taxes/Finance (25 November 2000 – 1 August 2001)
• Finance Commissioner Joint Secretary (1 August 2001 – 14 September 2002)
• Joint Secretary Information/Information & Broadcasting (15 September 2002 – 6 December 2003)
• Joint Secretary Elementry Education/Human Resource Development (15 September 2002 – 17 February 2004)
• Principal Secretary to Governor of Jharkhand Ved Marwah (18 February 2004 – 27 August 2008)
• Joint Secretary Higher Education/Human Resource Development (28 August 2008 – 28 August 2014)
• Member Secretary Chemicals & Fertilizers/Chemicals & Fertilizers (29 August 2014 – 7 April 2015)
• Principal Secretary Finance (8 April 2015 – 31 March 2016)
• Additional Chief Secretary Banking/Finance (31 March 2016 – 17 May 2018)
• Secretary Information & Broadcasting (31 May 2018 – 16 December 2019)
• Secretary M/o Education D/o Higher Education (16 December 2019 – 30 September 2021)
• Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi (October 2021 – October 2023)
• IIM-Ahmedabad
• Syracuse University, New York
• M.B.A. from IIM Ahmedabad
• Certificate in Public Administration from Syracuse University