People, Positions and Obituaries · 4 July 2026

Lokhande Prashant Sitaram appointed Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Exam-focused facts from the 4 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) assigned Lokhande Prashant Sitaram the additional charge of Chairperson of the CBSE.
  • Lokhande concurrently serves as Additional Secretary in the Department of Home under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
  • He is a 2001-batch AGMUT cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.
  • He is an alumnus of Pune University and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai, holding a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering.
  • CBSE functions under the Ministry of Education and affiliates more than 30,000 schools in India and abroad.

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