Name

Shri Shashank Priya

Positions

Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser

Bio

Shri Shashank Priya has been inducted as Part-time Official Director on the Board of BHEL w.e.f. 04.10.2019. He is presently posted as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser (AS&FA) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Shri Shashank Priya, M.A., LL.B, aged 53 years is a Civil Servant belonging to 1988 batch of IRS (C&CE). Prior to joining the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Shri Shashank Priya worked as Joint Secretary in the GST Council. He has more than 30 years of experience of dealing with issues relating to Indirect Tax and WTO. He has also worked in different fields of Customs and Central Excise such as Central Excise Division, Anti-Smuggling, Appraising, Vigilance and Export Promotion. He has acted as a resource person for several reputed institutions and made numerous presentations on GST and WTO issues before national and international audience in India and abroad.