Vijay Singh (civil servant)

Vijay Singh (born 13 July 1948) is a former officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1970 batch, Madhya Pradesh Cadre.

He succeeded Shekhar Dutt, IAS, of 1969 batch, who, on superannuation, was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic and Defence related subjects in the National Security Council Secretariat, with rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, for a term of 2 years.

[1] In 2018, he was made chairman of Tata Advanced Systems[2] and vice-chairman Tata Trusts.

[3] Mr Vijay Singh is also a member of Governing Council at the prestigious Tata Memorial Centre, a grant in aid institution under the Administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy, GOI.

[4] Singh obtained his master's degree in history from Delhi University.