{"id":11102,"date":"2025-11-04T13:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11102"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:49:29","slug":"shri-sanjay-garg-ias-assumes-the-charge-of-director-general-bureau-of-indian-standards-bis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11102","title":{"rendered":"Shri Sanjay Garg, IAS assumes the charge of Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri Sanjay Garg, IAS assumes the charge of Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 3:00PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri Sanjay Garg, a senior civil servant of IAS-1994 batch from the Kerala cadre, has assumed charge as the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India, with effect from 1 November 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri Garg brings vast and diverse administrative experience spanning over three decades with expertise in strategic planning, policy formulation and implementation across various sectors including agriculture, food logistics, defence industry sector, industrial promotion, finance and various social sectors at State and National levels.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Prior to joining BIS as DG, he served as Additional Secretary, DARE (Department of Agriculture, Research and Education) and Secretary, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).\u00a0 In DARE and ICAR, he spearheaded the digital transformation through application of IT in Research Management and Administration.\u00a0 He also played a pivotal role in scaling up and expansion of Kisan Sarathi portal which connects farmers directly to agricultural scientists.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/specificdocs\/photo\/2025\/nov\/ph2025113684001.jpeg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>His experience includes management and administration of World Bank Projects in India, promotion and the deregulation of defence industry sector, other industrial promotions initiatives including promotion of leather industry sector.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>As the Director General of BIS, Shri Garg will also serve as the President of India\u2019s national committee in IEC.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shri Sanjay Garg, IAS assumes the charge of Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 3:00PM by PIB Delhi Shri Sanjay Garg, a senior civil servant of IAS-1994 batch from the Kerala cadre, has assumed charge as the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body 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