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Vijay Singh (born 13 July 1948) is a former officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1970 batch, Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He was appointed Defence Secretary, in the Ministry of Defence, in August 2007. He succeeded Shekhar Dutt, IAS, of 1969 batch, who, on superannuation, was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic and Defence related subjects in the National Security Council Secretariat, with rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, for a term of 2 years.[1] In 2018, he was made chairman of Tata Advanced Systems[2] and vice-chairman Tata Trusts.[3]
Mr Vijay Singh is also a member of Governing Council at the prestigious Tata Memorial Centre, a grant in aid institution under the Administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy, GOI.[4]
- ^ Press Information Bureau (31 July 2007). "Vijay Singh takes over as Defence Secretary". Ministry of Defence, PIB. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Vijayaraghavan, Kala (24 September 2018). "Tata Trustee Vijay Singh made chairman of Tata Advanced Systems". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Vijay Singh, Venu Srinivasan appointed as vice chairmen to all Tata trusts". The Economic Times. 12 December 2018.
- ^ "The Governing Council - Tata Memorial Centre".