Lav Agarwal
Appearance
Lav Agarwal | |
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![]() Agarwal in April 2020. | |
Born | Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 19 February 1972
Education | B Tech in Mechanical Engineering |
Alma mater | IIT Delhi |
Occupation | Bureaucrat |
Years active | 1997–2021 |
Employer | Government of India |
Known for | IAS officer leading India's media response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. |
Term | 29 August 2016 – 2021 |
Lav Agarwal (born 19 February 1972) is an Indian bureaucrat and engineer.[1] He is an IAS officer in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, serving as a joint secretary. Before his appointment to the Health Ministry in 2016, Agarwal served in various state governments.[2] He is regarded as the face of Government of India's fight against COVID-19 due to his media briefings before the Press Information Bureau in the National Media Centre on a daily basis.[3][4][5][6] On 24 August 2020, Agarwal recovered from COVID-19 after being diagnosed with the same on 14 August 2020.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Lav Agarwal". Supremo, Government of India. Single User Platform Related To Employees Online. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Sumit (28 May 2019). "Will SIT report now be made public?". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Lav Agarwal, face of Centre's fight against coronavirus, tests COVID-19 positive". Moneycontrol.
- ^ "Lav Agarwal, face of Modi govt's Covid fight, himself tests positive for coronavirus". August 14, 2020.
- ^ Joshi, Manas (August 14, 2020). "Lav Agarwal, face of Health Ministry's Covid briefings found positive for coronavirus". www.indiatvnews.com.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Health ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal tests positive, will be in home isolation". Scroll.in.
- ^ "করোনা জয়ী লব আগরওয়াল, কাল থেকেই ফের যোগ দিচ্ছেন কাজে | sangbadpratidin". m.sangbadpratidin.in.
- ^ Sharma, Milan (August 24, 2020). "Man at centre of Covid briefings Lav Agarwal recovers from coronavirus, to resume work from tomorrow". India Today.
- ^ Ghosh, Abantika (August 25, 2020). "Lav Agarwal is back at work but spate of Covid cases in health ministry, new orders issued".