ICAS Officer Navneet Kumar Appointed OSD to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Navneet Kumar, a 2014-batch officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS), has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Railways, and Information & Broadcasting, at the level of Deputy Secretary. The appointment is for a period of four years on co-terminus basis. The OSD role places Navneet Kumar in direct ministerial support, working closely with one of the Cabinet's most prolific ministers who holds three major portfolios simultaneously. Vaishnaw has been at the centre of some of India's most ambitious digital and infrastructure programmes — including the National Broadband Mission, semiconductor policy, the modernisation of Indian Railways, and the government's media and broadcasting regulatory agenda. A co-terminus appointment means that the post is tied to the tenure of the minister, and the officer's role concludes when the minister vacates office. This is a common structure for OSD postings in Indian ministerial offices, ensuring continuity of institutional support during the minister's term while providing a defined service framework for the appointed officer. Navneet Kumar's ICAS background brings financial and accounts expertise to a ministerial office overseeing large-scale infrastructure and technology spending.