Bhuvnesh Kumar appointed UIDAI chief executive officer

Bhuvesh Kumar succeeds Amit Agrawal who was appointed the secretary of department of pharmaceuticals in December

NEW DELHI: Bhuvnesh Kumar, additional secretary in the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) in charge of cyber laws and matters related to UIDAI, has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the ministry announced on Wednesday. He will continue to hold both positions.