New Education Policy - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Who headed the committee appointed by HRD ministry for formulating New Education Policy (NEP)?

a. T.S.R. Subramanian
b. Ajit Seth
c. Bibek Debroy
d. V K Saraswat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: T.S.R. Subramanian

Explanation:
- Former Cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian has been appointed chairperson of a committee set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy.
- The committee has been mandated to submit the draft of the new policy no later than December 31, 2015.
- The other members include Shailaja Chandra, former Chief Secretary, NCT of Delhi; Sewaram Sharma, former Home Secretary, NCT of Delhi; Sudhir Mankad, former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, and J.S. Rajput, former Director, NCERT.