The U.S.–India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has announced the appointment of Rohit Kumar Singh, former Secretary to the Government of India, as Chair of the USISPF Global Value Chains Committee and Advisor to the USISPF Board of Directors.

In his role as Chair of the Global Value Chains Committee, Singh will work closely with USISPF’s global membership and government stakeholders to promote smooth, resilient, and diversified supply chains. According to a statement from USISPF, the focus will be on “regulatory alignment, infrastructure readiness, and effective public–private collaboration.”

Strengthening global value chains is critical to enhancing India’s competitiveness, accelerating manufacturing growth, boosting exports, and supporting sustained GDP expansion by improving efficiency, reducing costs, and integrating India more deeply into global trade networks, the organization emphasized.

Commenting on his appointment, Singh said, “The next generation of global value chains will be digital, data-enabled, and trust-anchored. India’s investments in infrastructure, manufacturing, and digital public goods create an unprecedented opportunity to integrate more deeply into global supply networks,” adding, “I look forward to collaborating with USISPF to foster innovation, resilience, and regulatory cooperation that enhance competitiveness and deliver tangible economic outcomes.”

“Rohit Kumar Singh brings an exceptional depth of policy experience and executional leadership to USISPF,” said Mukesh Aghi, President and CEO of USISPF. “From pioneering AI-enabled consumer governance reforms to advancing large-scale public–private partnerships and innovative financing for infrastructure development, his work reflects the kind of institutional leadership needed to strengthen global value chains and economic resilience.”

Aghi added that Singh’s insights will be invaluable as USISPF continues to deepen cooperation across “trade, infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks.”

Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1989 batch from the Rajasthan cadre, with decades of experience spanning economic governance, consumer markets, infrastructure development, digital governance, public health, and public–private partnerships.

Most recently, he served as Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, where he led the country’s first AI-enabled grievance redressal ecosystem, marking a significant shift in consumer protection mechanisms.

“Under his leadership, consumer courts across India were digitized with e-filing, case tracking, and multilingual video conferencing, culminating in a landmark milestone in 2023, when more consumer cases were disposed than filed. He also expanded the National Consumer Helpline into a 17-language, omni-channel platform,” the statement added.

Singh holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University). He earned a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Clarkson University, before joining the Indian Administrative Service, and later completed a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University.

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