Apurva Chandra to head Ministry of Labour & Employment as Secretary

Apurva Chandra, IAS (MH:1988) joins as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He belongs to the 1988 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Maharashtra Cadre assumed charge as new Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment on October 1, 2020.

Prior to this, he was serving as Special Director General, Defence Acquisition, Ministry of Defence, a position where he played a key role in contributing towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat in terms of greater defence acquisition from domestic industry and at the same time keeping Defence Forces equipped with all its challenging requirements.

Chandra has spent more than seven years in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Government of India. He has been involved in framing policies with regard to fuel supplies to industries, supply logistics, transportation, storage & distribution of fuel products, etc. He was directly associated with Natural Gas transportation infrastructure, setting up city gas distribution companies, LNG import terminals, and allocation of gas to industries.

A Civil Engineer, Chandra obtained his bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Masters’ in Structural Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has long experience in dealing with issues relating to industries while working in the Government of Maharashtra and Government of India.