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{{Short description|Indian Administrative Service officer}}
{{Orphan|date=April 2026}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lav Agarwal
| image = Lav Agrawal addressing a press conference on April 2020.jpg
| office = [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| term_start = 5 August 2025
| term_end =
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office1 = [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
| term_start1 = 28 August 2016
| term_end1 = August 2022
| appointer1 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]]) [[IIT Delhi]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|2|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]], [[Civil Servant]], [[Bureaucrat]]
| known_for = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer leading India's media response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
| alongside =
}}

'''Lav Agarwal''' (born 18 February 1972) is an [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of 1996 batch from [[Andhra Pradesh]] cadre who currently serves as the <ref>{{cite web |title=Lav Agarwal|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=15753&PageId= |website=Supremo, Government of India |publisher=Single User Platform Related To Employees Online |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Women and Child Ministry of India]] and previously served as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Health Ministry of India]] from August 2016 to August 2022. Before his appointment in Central Government, Agarwal served in various posts of [[Government of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh State Government]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharjee |first1=Sumit |title=Will SIT report now be made public? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/will-sit-report-now-be-made-public/article27270384.ece |access-date=18 April 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 May 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Lav Agarwal was born on 18 February 1972 in [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He completed his [[Bachelor of Technology]] degree in [[Mechanical engineering]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]].
His father is a [[Chartered Accountant]] and has practiced it for 45 years in [[Saharanpur]].

==Civil Service Career==
After graduation Agarwal decided to appear for Civil Service Examination. And in 1996 on his third attempt he cleared [[Union Public Service Commission|UPSC]] [[Civil Services Examination]] with an All India Rank (AIR) of 21.

He was allotted with the [[Andhra Pradesh]] cadre, where Agarwal spent several years in [[Hyderabad]] and other districts of the state, serving in different capacities, especially in the health and education department, before coming to Delhi on central deputation in 2016 to serve as [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] of [[Government of India]] from August 2016 to August 2022.

While serving as the [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] his tenure coincided with [[COVID-19]] during which he was regarded as the face of [[Government of India]]'s fight against [[COVID-19]] due to his media briefings before the [[Press Information Bureau]] in the National Media Centre on a daily basis.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/lav-agarwal-face-of-centres-fight-against-coronavirus-tests-covid-19-positive-5705541.html|title=Lav Agarwal, face of Centre's fight against coronavirus, tests COVID-19 positive|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/health/lav-agarwal-face-of-modi-govts-covid-fight-himself-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/482011/|title=Lav Agarwal, face of Modi govt's Covid fight, himself tests positive for coronavirus|date=14 August 2020|publisher=theprint.in|accessdate=11 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/lav-agarwal-covid-positive-coronavirus-positive-health-ministry-642140|title=Lav Agarwal, face of Health Ministry's Covid briefings found positive for coronavirus|first=Manas|last=Joshi|date=14 August 2020|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/970385/coronavirus-health-ministry-joint-secretary-lav-agarwal-tests-positive-will-be-in-home-isolation|title=Coronavirus: Health ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal tests positive, will be in home isolation|website=Scroll.in |date=14 August 2020 }}</ref> On 24 August 2020, Agarwal recovered from [[COVID-19]] after being diagnosed with the same on 14 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.sangbadpratidin.in/article/india/corona-live-update-health-ministry-official-lav-agarwal-to-resume-work/451010|title=করোনা জয়ী লব আগরওয়াল, কাল থেকেই ফের যোগ দিচ্ছেন কাজে | sangbadpratidin|website=m.sangbadpratidin.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/man-at-centre-of-covid-briefings-lav-agarwal-recovers-from-coronavirus-to-resume-work-from-tomorrow-1714654-2020-08-24|title=Man at centre of Covid briefings Lav Agarwal recovers from coronavirus, to resume work from tomorrow|first=Milan |last=Sharma |date=24 August 2020|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/health/lav-agarwal-is-back-at-work-but-spate-of-covid-cases-in-health-ministry-new-orders-issued/488894/|title=Lav Agarwal is back at work but spate of Covid cases in health ministry, new orders issued|first=Abantika|last=Ghosh|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

On August 2022 after serving for 6 years as [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] he stepped down from the post and served as the resident commissner of [[Andhra Pradesh Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 30 August 2025 |title= I.A.S. Shri Lav Agarwal, IAS (1996), Resident Commissioner, A.P. Bhavan Appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development Relief Orders|url= https://gad.ap.gov.in/notifications/notices/2025gad_rt1588_e30082025.pdf#:~:text=To%20Sri%20Lav%20Agarwal%2C%20IAS%20(1996)%2C%20Resident%20Commissioner%2C%20A.P.%20Bhanav%2C%20New%20Delhi.|access-date= 17 October 2025 |website= [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]|language=en}}</ref>

In August 2025 Central Government appointed him as the [[Additional Secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretary]] in [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]] of [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 30 August 2025 |title= I.A.S. Shri Lav Agarwal, IAS (1996), Resident Commissioner, A.P. Bhavan Appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development Relief Orders|url= https://gad.ap.gov.in/notifications/notices/2025gad_rt1588_e30082025.pdf#:~:text=To%20Sri%20Lav%20Agarwal%2C%20IAS%20(1996)%2C%20Resident%20Commissioner%2C%20A.P.%20Bhanav%2C%20New%20Delhi.|access-date= 17 October 2025 |website= [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]|language=en}}</ref>

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CallGirlMumbai at 23:30, 18 April 2026