Sh. Bishwajit Kumar Singh, Commissioner,
NVS
Chairman, National Institute for Open Schooling,NOIDA,
India
IFS (JK:1989)
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Shri Bishwajit Kumar Singh, IFS (JK:1989) took over the charge
of Commissioner, NVS in the forenoon of 7th Sept., 2015. Prior to
his joining in NVS as Commissioner he held the post of Director in
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India,
New Delhi. He possesses Post Graduate Degree i.e. Masters of
Science (Forestry) from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy,
Dehradun and got Masters in Public Policy and Management with
specialization in Econometrics and Environmental Economics from
Institute of Social Science, The Hague, Netherland. During his
services in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
he served in various capacities in Administration, Service matters,
Financial matters, Forestry issues etc
As Commissioner NVS, he introduced transparent and effective
procedure for regular transfer/posting and recruitment. He is the
pioneer of digital revolution in NVS, in terms of implementing
e-office in HQrs. office; digitizing the records; effecting Annual
Transfer Drive through online portal; online registration of
students for Jawahar Navodaya Selection Test & Lateral Entry
Test and also ensured computer based test for recruitment of staff.
Thus, eliminated human interference in the process to prevent
irregularities/favoritism/nepotism/corruption. He expedited the
promotional avenues of staff and officers in terms of notifying
revised recruitment rules and ensuring conduct of DPCs at regular
intervals. He has the credit of initializing the process of
recruitment of around 6000 teaching and non-teaching staffs.
He is very keen for holistic development of the JNV students,
their safety, security & comforts in the campus of JNVs and
dedicates his energy towards this achievement. He is fond of
reading and more interested in teaching and guiding the staff and
students.