Vinay Sheel Oberoi

Vinay Sheel Oberoi (18 February 1957 – 11 April 2020) was an IAS Officer of the 1979 batch. He belonged to the [9] Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. Oberoi served as the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO from 2010 to 2014, as well as Secretary to the Government of India, in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, and in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development.

Vinay Sheel Oberoi
Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India[1]
In office
June 2015[1] – February 2017[2]
Preceded bySatyanarayan Mohanty[1]
Succeeded byKewal Kumar Sharma[2]
Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India[1]
In office
22 July 2014[3][4] – June 2015[1]
Preceded byShankar Agarwal[5]
Succeeded byV. Somasundaran[6]
Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO[7][8]
In office
15 July 2010[3] – 22 July 2014[3]
Succeeded byRuchira Kamboj
Personal details
Born (1957-02-18) 18 February 1957[3]
Died(2020-04-11)April 11, 2020
NationalityIndian
Alma materThe Doon School;
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
OccupationRetired Indian Administrative Service officer

Education

Oberoi studied at The Doon School.[10] He had a postgraduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[11][12] Oberoi was the president of the Delhi School of Economics Students Union from 1977-78.

Early career

Oberoi taught economics at Ramjas College, Delhi University, before joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979. He was one of the youngest officers in his batch.[13]

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO

In 2010, Oberoi was assigned as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO. He coordinated the G77 and China as Chairperson.[14]

Secretary to the Government of India

In 2014, Oberoi returned to New Delhi to serve as Secretary, Women and Child Development from 2014-2015.

Post Retirement

On 21 September 2017, Oberoi was appointed as an Independent Director of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.[12]

In April, it was announced that Oberoi would also be the chairperson of the committee formed to examine the process of CBSE class examinations, with a view to prevent leakages.[15] In 2018, Oberoi joined Jio Institute as an advisor.[16] He was also an advisor to the National Crafts Museum.[17]

In retirement, he was one of the founding members of the Siang Rush festival.[18]

References
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  9. Jaipur City in Rajasthan declared UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site., retrieved 3 June 2020
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  12. "VSO" (PDF). 22 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  13. "Civil List of IAS Officers". dtf.in. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. "Home Page of the G77 UNESCO-Chapter". www.g77.org. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  15. "HRD Ministry constitutes a High Powered Committee to examine the system of conducting Class X and Class XII examination to prevent leakages".
  16. "No conflict in ex-secy being Jio institute advisor: MHRD". The Times of India (New Delhi edition). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2023 – via PressReader.
  17. "Jaya Jaitly, Sujata Prasad dropped from Hastkala Academy advisory committee". The Indian Express. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  18. admin. "Siang Rush 2018". Abor Country Travels & Expedition. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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