Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, IAS | |
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| 11th Chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India | |
| Assumed office 1 March 2025 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Madhabi Puri Buch |
| Revenue Secretary of India | |
| In office 9 January 2025 – 28 February 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Arunish Chawla, IAS[1] |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Shrivastava, IAS |
| Finance Secretary of India | |
| In office 7 September 2024 – 28 February 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | T.V. Somanathan, IAS |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Seth, IAS[2] |
| Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management | |
| In office 22 October 2019 – 8 January 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | Anil Kumar Khachi, IAS[3] |
| Succeeded by | Arunish Chawla,IAS[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1965 Odisha, India |
| Alma mater | Punjab University (M.A.) University of Birmingham (MBA) |
| Occupation | Retired IAS officer |
Tuhin Kanta Pandey (born 8 July 1965[5]) is an IAS officer who serves as the 11th and current Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India since March 1, 2025.[6][7] He is an IAS Officer of the 1987 Batch Odisha Cadre, and has served in various positions throughout his career in both Central and in Odisha Government.[8] [9]
Early life and education
[edit]Pandey was born on 8 July 1965[5] in the state of Odisha, India. He holds an M.A degree in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and an MBA from the University of Birmingham, UK.[10]
Career
[edit]Pandey is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1987 batch Odisha Cadre and has a nearly four-decade long career in public administration starting as the executive director of the Odisha State Financial Corporation (OSFC) and managing director of Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) before serving as the district collector and magistrate of Odisha's Sambalpur district.[9]
He then moved from Odisha on central deputation to New Delhi, to serve as the Deputy Secretary at the Department of Commerce and later to the regional office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Later, upon returning to the Odisha cadre, he worked with the State's Transport, Health and Commercial Taxes departments. Pandey then took over as the Principal Secretary of Odisha's Finance Department in 2016.[9]
On October 24, 2019, he was appointed as the Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) for five years making him the longest serving secretary in Department's history.[11] As Secretary of (DIPAM) Pandey oversaw the privatisation of Air India and the initial public offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation(LIC).[12]
In September 2024, Pandey was appointed as Finance Secretary succeeding T. V. Somanathan and in January 2025, Pandey took charge as the Secretary, Department of Revenue (DoR), Ministry of Finance.[13][14]
Pandey was appointed as the 11th Chairman of SEBI on February 27, 2025, for a three-year term and assumed office on 1 March 2025 succeeding Madhabi Puri Buch.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tuhin Kanta Pandey becomes revenue secretary ahead of Union Budget 2025, fourth change in a month". Livemint. 2025-01-14. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Ajay Seth Designated as Finance Secretary". The Economic Times. 2025-03-24.
- ^ "In major bureaucratic reshuffle, Tuhin Kanta Pandey named DIPAM Secretary". The Hindu Business Line. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Days ahead of Union Budget, revenue secy Arunish Chawla shifted to DIPAM". Business Standard. 2025-01-09.
- ^ a b "Odisha Government cadre civil servant officers list" (PDF). Odisha State Government official site.
- ^ "SEBI new chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey educational qualification alumnus of Panjab University, MBA from UK". Indian Express. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Tuhin Kanta Pandey assumed as SEBI Chairman". The Hindu. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Meet Tuhin Kanta Pandey, GOI busiest Secretary". The Secretariat. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ a b c "Tuhin Kanta Pandey the calm bureaucrat". The Hindu. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "SEBI new chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey educational qualification alumnus of Panjab University, MBA from UK". Indian Express. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "India names Finance Secretary Pandey to lead market regulator". Reuters. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Key challenges awaiting new SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey". CNBC TV 18. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Sebi new chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey takes charge, says goal to make regulator best market institution". The Economics Times. 2025-03-01.
- ^ "Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey takes charges as Revenue secretary". Press Information Bureau(PIB). 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Tuhin Kanta Pandey assumes the charge of SEBI". Money Control. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-04.