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2018-06-04 Persons

4667.

Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI)?

N Kutumba Rao

Shubhankar Mittal

Neel Tripathi

Dinesh Gupta

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Dr. Dinesh Gupta, an officer of the 1983 UPSC batch, has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the Geological Survey of India (GSI). He took over from N Kutumba Rao to become the 47th DG of the GSI. Gupta is an expert in mineral exploration and responsibility has been given to him to steer GSI in this field.