Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi became the new DCGI

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 25 2023

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Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi has been appointed as the new Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
Raghuvanshi will be replacing PBN Prasad, who was given an interim charge of DCGI.
The Union Health Ministry had appointed P B N Prasad as interim DCGI on February 16 till February 28.
Prasad had replaced V G Somani, whose three-year tenure had expired in August 2022.
He was, however, not given more extension beyond the two he received in August and November in the year 2022.
Raghuvanshi, who has worked in various roles at some of India's leading pharmaceutical companies is a Masters from IIT-BHU, and PhD from the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.

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Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi became the new DCGI