<P> National Testing Agency (NTA) is an Indian government agency that has been approved by the Union Council of Ministers and established in November 2017 to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions . The government appointed Vineet Joshi as the first Director - General of the agency . </P> <P> The National Testing Agency was established as an autonomous and self - sustained organization that will conduct national level tests on a voluntary basis for the conduct of independent tests . The NTA is registered as a society under Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 . </P>

Who has been appointed as the new director general of national testing agency