Shri Apurva Chandra, IAS (MH : 1988), is currently serving as Secretary (A/C) in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare 1. He belongs to the 1988 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Maharashtra Cadre. Prior to this, he was serving as Special Director General, Defence Acquisition, Ministry of Defence, where he played a key role in contributing towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat in terms of greater defence acquisition from domestic industry and at the same time keeping Defence Forces equipped with all its challenging requirements .
Shri Chandra has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Structural Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has long experience of dealing with issues relating to industries while working in Government of Maharashtra and Government of India. Shri Chandra has spent more than seven years in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Government of India.
He has been involved in framing policies with regard to fuel supplies to industries, supply logistics, transportation, storage & distribution of fuel products etc. He was directly associated with Natural Gas transportation infrastructure, setting up of city gas distribution companies, LNG import terminals and allocation of gas to industries . Shri Chandra has also served as Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education & literacy from August 2011 to February 2013