Manisha Saxena appointed Director General of Tourism

Manisha Saxena has been appointed as the Director General of Tourism in the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, according to an order issued on Saturday. Saxena is an IAS officer (1996 batch) of the Arunachal Pradesh-Mizoram-Goa-Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. 

She is currently serving in the Government of Mizoram as Principal Secretary Tourism, and has also previously served there as the Secretary (Tourism). Hailing from Delhi and an alumnus of Lady Shriram College of Women, she also has a past tenure of serving as Principal Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi from November 2016 to July 2022.