U.S., Jan. 26 -- There is change taking place at the top of the India Tourism Ministry in the form of a new Secretary. Arvind Singh has been named as the new secretary in the Ministry of Tourism effective February 1, 2021, where at the moment, two of the top officers in the department are women.

The 1988 batch Maharashtra cadre bureaucrat moves up in the tourism industry ranks from the Airports Authority of India where he was Chairman. Apart from AAI, he was Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) in Government of Maharashtra. He has also worked as Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd. (MSPGCL) and the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL).

Yogendra Triphati, the present S...