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'''Rajesh Bhushan''' is an officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] from the 1987 Bihar cadre.<ref name="The Hindu July 2020">{{cite web |author1=Special Correspondent |title=Rajesh Bhushan appointed Secretary Health |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajesh-bhushan-takes-over-as-secretary-health/article32186450.ece |website=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |date=25 July 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
Bhushan studied [[History]] and received [[Master's degree|masters degree]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=जानें कौन हैं नए हेल्थ सेक्रटरी राजेश भूषण, कोरोना से जंग में निभाएंगे अहम भूमिका|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/all-you-need-to-know-about-new-health-secretary-rajesh-bhushan-who-will-fight-coronavirus-in-india/articleshow/77295628.cms|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref>

==Career==
Bhushan joined [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior Bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan Takes Charge As Health Secretary|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/senior-bureaucrat-rajesh-bhushan-takes-charge-as-health-secretary-2272296|access-date=2021-07-10|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

In July 2020 Bhushan accepted an appointment as Secretary of the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref name="The Hindu July 2020"/> He presided over the functioning of the Ministry immediately after the first Covid19 wave in India and during the entire period spanning up to the devastating second wave and during that period as well. Previously in that organization he had been Special Officer on Duty since April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dutta |first1=Sumi Sukanaya |title=Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extension, Rajesh Bhushan appointed as special officer in bureaucratic reshuffle |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/26/health-secretary-preeti-sudan-gets-3-month-extension-rajesh-bhushan-appointed-as-special-officer-in-2135573.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=26 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=www.ETGovernment.com|title=Centre appoints senior IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan as new health secretary - ET Government|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/centre-appoints-senior-ias-officer-rajesh-bhushan-as-new-health-secretary/77145590|access-date=2021-07-10|website=ETGovernment.com|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2019 he accepted an appointment as Secretary of the [[Special Protection Group]].<ref name="PTI November 2019">{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan gets additional charge of administrative head of SPG |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ias-officer-rajesh-bhushan-gets-additional-charge-of-administrative-head-of-spg-119110101041_1.html |website=[[Business Standard]] |date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

Previously Bhushan was Secretary in the [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]].<ref name="PTI November 2019"/>

==Further consideration==
*{{cite web |author1=Telangana State Institute of Rural Development |title=National Retreat for BNVs - Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Joint Secretary, MoRD, GoI |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHbqaFZhQg |website=YouTube |publisher=Telangana State Institute of Rural Development |date=1 October 2012}}

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