New Delhi: Praveen Sharma (IDSE) has been selected for appointment as Director in the National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. According to an order issued on January 19 from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Sharma has been appointed to the post under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years with effect from the date of taking over charge of the post or until further orders, whichever event takes place earlier.

Sharma is an Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE) officer of 2005 batch. "He may kindly be relieved of his duties immediately with instructions to take up his new assignment in the National Health Authority under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare," the order further added.

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