Arvind Singh is the new Secretary Tourism

Arvind Singh, Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been appointed as the new Secretary of Tourism, Government of India. Singh, who is a 1988-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, will be replacing Yogendra Tripathi, who, after more than two years of serving as Secretary Tourism, will be joining as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.

Singh has also served as Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) in Government of Maharashtra, and also worked as Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company and the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company. He acquired his Master’s degree in economics from Delhi School of Economics.