Bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey appointed as SEBI chairman
PTC News Desk: The government on Thursday appointed Tuhin Kanta Pandey as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), replacing Madhabi Puri Buch, whose tenure concludes on Friday.
Pandey, a 1987-batch IAS officer from the Odisha cadre and the current Finance Secretary, has been appointed to the role for a three-year term, according to a government order. The Finance Ministry had invited applications for the position by February 17. Buch’s predecessors, Ajay Tyagi and UK Sinha, had both received extensions during their tenure, with Tyagi serving for four years and Sinha for six years.
Previously, Pandey held the charge of Secretary in three departments--Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) under the Finance Ministry, and the Department of Personnel and Training.
- PTC NEWS
