- Ashok Kumar Singh assume as Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
- Ashok Kumar Singh became the Director General of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- Ashok Kumar Singh is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch of Kerala cadre.
- He has vast experience in the governance and management of district and State level organizations.
- He has served as the Executive Director of the National Mission for Clean Ganga.
- He also served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defense and as Director of the Ministry of Finance.
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
- It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- It was founded in 1952.
- It was set up under the ESI Act 1948 for the implementation of the ESI scheme.