Vinay Sheel Oberoi

Vinay Sheel Oberoi
Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
In office
June 2015  February 2017
Preceded bySatyanarayan Mohanty
Succeeded byKewal Kumar Sharma
Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
In office
22 July 2014  June 2015
Preceded byShankar Agarwal
Succeeded byV. Somasundaran
Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO
In office
15 July 2010  22 July 2014
Succeeded byRuchira Kamboj
Personal details
Born (1957-02-18) 18 February 1957
Died(2020-04-11)April 11, 2020
NationalityIndian
Alma materThe Doon School;
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
OccupationRetired Indian Administrative Service officer

Vinay Sheel Oberoi (18 February 1957 – 11 April 2020) was a IAS Officer of the 1979 batch. He belonged to the Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. Oberoi served as the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO from 2010 to 2014, as well as Secretary to the Government of India, in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, and in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development.