List of Former Chairmen of the UPSC
List of Former Chairmen of the UPSC
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is the central recruiting agency in India. It is an independent constitutional body. Articles 315 to 323 in Part XIV of the constitution contain elaborate provisions regarding the composition of the UPSC.
UPSC is consists of the Chairman and the members appointed by the President of India. The Chairman and the members of the UPSC hold the office for a term of 6 years or till the age of 65 years.
Sir Ross Barker was the first Chairman of the UPSC, who joined in October 1926 and hold the post till August 1932.
(Sir Ross Barker)
List of all the chairmen of the UPSC is as follows;
Chairman Name | Date of Joining | Date of Retirement |
1.Sir Ross Barker | October 1926 | August 1932 |
2. Sir David Petrie | August 1932 | 1936 |
3. Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 | 1942 |
4. Sir F.W. Robertson | 1942 | 1947 |
5. Sh. H.K. Kripalani | April 1, 1947 | January 13, 1949 |
6. Sh. R.N. Banerjee | January 14,1949 | May 9, 1955 |
7. Sh. N. Govindarajan | May 9, 1955 | Dec. 9, 1955 |
8. Sh. V.S.Hejmadi | Dec. 9, 1955 | Dec. 9, 1961 |
9. Sh. B.N.Jha | Dec. 11, 1961 | Feb.22, 1967 |
10. Sh. K.R. Damle | April 18, 1967 | March 2, 1971 |
11. Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar | May1,1971 | Feb.1, 1973 |
12. Dr. A.R.Kidwai | Feb. 5, 1973 | Feb. 4, 1979 |
13. Dr.M.L. Shahare | Feb.16, 1979 | Feb.16, 1985 |
14. Sh. H.K.L. Capoor | Feb.18, 1985 | March 5, 1990 |
15. Sh. J.P.Gupta | March 5, 1990 | June 2, 1992 |
16. Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli) | Sept. 23, 1992 | Aug. 23, 1996 |
17. Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal | Aug. 23, 1996 | Sept. 30, 1996 |
18. Sh. J.M. Qureshi | Sept. 30, 1996 | Dec. 11, 1998 |
19. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath | Dec. 11, 1998 | June 25, 2002 |
20. Sh. P.C. Hota | June 25, 2002 | Sept. 8, 2003 |
21. Sh. Mata Prasad | Sept. 8, 2003 | Jan.4, 2005 |
22. S. R. Hashim | January, 2005 | April, 2006 |
23. D. P. Agrawal | August, 2008 | August, 2014 |
24. Rajni Razdan | August, 2014 | November, 2014 |
25. Deepak Gupta | November 2014 | September 2016 |
26. Alka Sirohi | September 21 , 2016 | January 3, 2017 |
27. David R. Syiemlieh | January 4, 2017 | January 21, 2018 |
28. Vinay Mittal | January 22 , 2018 | June 19, 2018 |
29. Arvind Saxena | June 20, 2018 | August 6, 2020 |
30. Pradeep Kumar Joshi | August 7, 2020 | April 4, 2022 |
Till date there have been 30 chairmen of the UPSC. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi is the current Chairman of the UPSC and he will hold the office till April 4, 2022.
The constitution of India does not specify the strength of the commission and has left the matter to the discretion of the President. The commission usually consists of the 9 to11 members including the Chairman.
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