Lokhande Prashant Sitaram Appointed New CBSE Chairperson

CBSE‘s top job changed hands twice in one reshuffle — the new chief comes in, the old one moves to farming.

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New Chief at India’s Largest School Board

Lokhande Prashant Sitaram

Chairperson, CBSE · effective 2 June 2026

Succeeds

Rahul Singh

IAS cadre

AGMUT, 2001 batch

Prior post

Addl. Secretary, MHA

New Secretary

Varun Bhardwaj

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Lokhande Prashant Sitaram became CBSE Chairperson on 2 June 2026. He is a 2001-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre. He succeeded Rahul Singh, who moved to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

For the board itself, see Polity0127 — CBSE: The Central Board of Secondary Education.

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