Piyush Goyal, a 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Nagaland cadre, has assumed the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Mines.
Before this appointment, Goyal served as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. He succeeds V.L. Kantha Rao, a 1992-batch IAS officer.
