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Mandeep Bhandari appointed new CBSE chairperson

Source: NDTV · 25 Sep 2026, 17:22 UTC

Mandeep Bhandari, a 2001-batch officer of the AGMUT cadre and principal secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, has been appointed chief of the Central Board of Secondary Education. He brings more than two decades of administrative experience and holds a gold medal in medicine.

Mandeep Bhandari has been appointed chief of the Central Board of Secondary Education, according to the supplied report. Bhandari is a 2001-batch officer of the AGMUT cadre. Before the appointment, he served as principal secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

The report said Bhandari brings more than two decades of administrative experience to the post. It did not provide details about the appointment order, the date on which he will take charge or the tenure attached to the position. Bhandari is a gold medal-winning MBBS graduate of Dayanand Medical College in Ludhiana.

No further information was provided about his education or previous administrative assignments. The Central Board of Secondary Education is identified in the report by its abbreviation, CBSE. The supplied material does not detail the board’s current priorities or explain whether Bhandari’s appointment will lead to changes in its policies.

It also does not include comments from Bhandari, the Union government, the Jammu and Kashmir administration or officials of the education board. The appointment places an officer with more than 20 years of administrative experience at the head of the board, but the available source material does not support further detail about his expected programme or responsibilities.

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