Dr. Hiren Joshi (54), Joint Secretary/OSD (Communications & Information Technology), PMO is in news without details.
An electronics engineer from Pune with a PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, Joshi was an assistant professor at the Manikya Lal Verma Textile and Engineering College, Bhilwara. Dr. Joshi had over 18 years of teaching experience before he was hand-picked by Narendra Modi to handle his digital presence in 2008.
Prior to his inexplicable and intriguing departure, Modi's social media usage, were conducted under Joshi's supervision. He used to provide him a daily report on online activities at 11.30 pm. He used to shortlist 100 of the thousands of messages marked to Modi on his social media accounts.
Dr. Joshi used presented papers on analytical tools and new configurations in mobile architecture at national conferences before he was roped in by Modi.
"The competent authority has approved the appointment of Shri Hiren Joshi as OSD (C&IT) to the Prime Minister in Level-14 (JS Rank) w.e.f 14.06.2019 on co-terminus basis or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” read the PMO note from July 2019 when he was elevated in the PMO where he was working since 2014.
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