<p>New Delhi: A parliamentary standing committee has called Chairperson of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/national-testing-agency">National Testing Agency</a> Pradeep Kumar Joshi and senior Education Ministry officials to appear before it on May 21, seeking answers on two fronts: how much of a high-level reform panel’s recommendations have actually been acted upon, and where the CBI investigation into the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak now stands.</p><p>The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, chaired by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, has scheduled the session based on a Rajya Sabha notice. Also summoned is Vineet Joshi, Secretary of the Department of Higher Education.</p>.Parliamentary panel had flagged NTA’s poor performance months before NEET-UG paper leak row.<p>The NEET-UG examination, conducted on May 3 with over 23 lakh registered candidates, was<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/neet-cancelled-the-exam-that-broke-indian-parents-4002693"> cancelled after the NTA said it received credible information</a> of malpractice on the evening of May 7. A fresh examination is now set for June 21. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has separately said the test will shift to computer-based mode from the following year.</p><p>Central to the committee’s agenda is the K Radhakrishnan Committee report, a 101-recommendation blueprint for structural reform of the NTA, submitted to the Education Ministry in October 2024. The expert panel, formed in June 2024 after an earlier iteration of the paper leak crisis, was chaired by the former ISRO Chairman and included academics from IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and Hyderabad Central University.</p>.Centre says NEET-UG re-test on June 21, 'kingpin' professor arrested from Pune .<p>Among the key recommendations of the panel are a transition to computer-based testing, creation of dedicated in-house units for test development and result processing to reduce outsourcing risks, appointment of two Additional Director Generals within the NTA, and the establishment of sub-committees to oversee audit, ethics and staffing. The report also called for Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas to be pressed into service as examination centres, with Mobile Testing Centres for candidates in geographically remote areas.</p><p>The CBI has so far made 10 arrests in the case. On May 21, the panel will deliberate beyond the NTA crisis, and will separately hear from representatives of IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, Infosys and Pratham on the implications of Artificial Intelligence for education and graduate employability. The Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor and the head of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions are also set to depose before the panel on the implementation of reservation, vacant faculty positions and National Education Policy compliance.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A parliamentary standing committee has called Chairperson of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/national-testing-agency">National Testing Agency</a> Pradeep Kumar Joshi and senior Education Ministry officials to appear before it on May 21, seeking answers on two fronts: how much of a high-level reform panel’s recommendations have actually been acted upon, and where the CBI investigation into the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak now stands.</p><p>The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, chaired by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, has scheduled the session based on a Rajya Sabha notice. Also summoned is Vineet Joshi, Secretary of the Department of Higher Education.</p>.Parliamentary panel had flagged NTA’s poor performance months before NEET-UG paper leak row.<p>The NEET-UG examination, conducted on May 3 with over 23 lakh registered candidates, was<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/neet-cancelled-the-exam-that-broke-indian-parents-4002693"> cancelled after the NTA said it received credible information</a> of malpractice on the evening of May 7. A fresh examination is now set for June 21. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has separately said the test will shift to computer-based mode from the following year.</p><p>Central to the committee’s agenda is the K Radhakrishnan Committee report, a 101-recommendation blueprint for structural reform of the NTA, submitted to the Education Ministry in October 2024. The expert panel, formed in June 2024 after an earlier iteration of the paper leak crisis, was chaired by the former ISRO Chairman and included academics from IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and Hyderabad Central University.</p>.Centre says NEET-UG re-test on June 21, 'kingpin' professor arrested from Pune .<p>Among the key recommendations of the panel are a transition to computer-based testing, creation of dedicated in-house units for test development and result processing to reduce outsourcing risks, appointment of two Additional Director Generals within the NTA, and the establishment of sub-committees to oversee audit, ethics and staffing. The report also called for Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas to be pressed into service as examination centres, with Mobile Testing Centres for candidates in geographically remote areas.</p><p>The CBI has so far made 10 arrests in the case. On May 21, the panel will deliberate beyond the NTA crisis, and will separately hear from representatives of IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, Infosys and Pratham on the implications of Artificial Intelligence for education and graduate employability. The Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor and the head of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions are also set to depose before the panel on the implementation of reservation, vacant faculty positions and National Education Policy compliance.</p>