Lav Agarwal

Lav Agarwal (born 18 February 1972) is an Indian bureaucrat and [1] He is an IAS officer in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, serving as an Additional Secretary. He served as a Joint Secretary till August 2022. Before his appointment to the Health Ministry in 2016, Agarwal served in various state governments.[2] He is regarded as the face of Government of India's fight against COVID-19 due to his media briefings before the Press Information Bureau in the National Media Centre on a daily basis.[3][4][5][6] On 24 August 2020, Agarwal recovered from COVID-19 after being diagnosed with the same on 14 August 2020.[7][8][9]

Lav Agarwal
Agarwal in April 2020.
Born (1972-02-18) 18 February 1972
EducationB Tech in Mechanical Engineering
Alma materIIT Delhi
OccupationBureaucrat
Years active1997–present
EmployerGovernment of India
Known forIAS officer leading India's media response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Lav Agarwal
Additional Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India
Assumed office
29 August 2016 – present
SecretaryRajesh Bhushan

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