After Anil Kumar Agarwal (IAS:1981:WB) moved to Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs as Secretary the additional charge of DG, ESIC has been given to Deepak Kumar (IAS:1984:BH), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He had moved at centre w.e.f. 26 December 2014 as Additional Secretary with the ministry. In his prior stints at centre he served with Ministry of Home Affairs as JS and Ministry of Finance & Ministry of External Affairs as Director.