Dr. Shashank Goel is a 1990 batch IAS officer, who took charge in July 2023 as the Director General of the Dr MCRHRDIT.

After having worked in several field capacities including as Collector of Guntur and Nizamabad districts, he went on to pursue Masters Degree in Public Administration in International Development at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, on a World Bank Scholarship. He got the The Outstanding Young Person (TOYP) Award for 2001 from Junior Chambers International at Barcelona, Spain for his work in Nizamabad district.

He served the Government Andhra Pradesh in several capacities including Director and Secretary Board of Intermediate Education and later went on to work on Central deputation to Government of India in the Heavy Industries department as Joint Secretary. He subsequently served as the Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh and of the newly formed Telangana state, Chief Electoral officer, Principal Secretary Labour Employment & Training Government of Telangana and Additional Secretary Labour and Employment Government of India.

He also holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and a PhD in International Finance from IIFT New Delhi and has published research articles in Economics and Finance in number of international journals.