List of UPSC chairman in India – Former Chairmen of UPSC

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The Union Public Service Commission is the most prestigious body which recruits aspirant towards the all-India cervices and other prestigious and top central services. The Indian Civil Service examination which recruits the All-India Service like IAS IPS IFS and in total towards the 19 Group A services and 5 Group B services are the most prestigious exam conducted by the UPSC and its one of the largest examinations in India. Apart from UPSC civil service examination they conduct examination like UPSC EPFO CDS etc. They are the prime exam conducting authority to the top central services and other All India Services. The UPSC body has got a chairman and members to make out its decision. UPSC exam may ask you about various general awareness questions and the former chairmen of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is also one among that. Well, let us look into the list of UPSC chairman in India – former chairmen of UPSC

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Constitution of UPSC, Chairman and its Members

Before we look into the list of the former chairmen of UPSC let us look into the basics of UPSC like its constitution functions and tenure etc. It is an independent constitutional body in the sense it has been directly created by virtue of Article 315 to 323 in Part XIV of the Indian Constitution. As per the Indian constitution the UPSC consists of a chairman and other members appointed by the President of India. The constitution without mentioning the strength of the UPSC left the matter to the discretion of the Indian President. The chairman and the members of the UPSC hold the office for the term for 6 years or until they attain 65 years. However, they can relinquish their office by giving resignation the president who was the appointing authority. The Indian President can remove the chairman or members of the UPSC on the following conditions.

If he is adjudged as insolvent
If he engages, during his term of office any paid employment outside the duties of his office or
If he is, in the opinion of the president, unfit to continue in office by7 reason of infirmity of mind or body
In addition to the above the president can remove the members or chairman on the conduct of the misbehaviour

Even though the reasons of the removal of the UPSC chairman and its members as like above they cannot be removed so easily. In order to ensure the independency of the functioning of the UPSC the Chairman or a member of the UPSC can be removed from the office by the president as per the manner prescribed in the Article 145 of the Indian Constitution. Hence, they enjoy security and independence.

The salary allowances pensions and the entire expenses of the UPSC chairman and its members are charged on the consolidated Fund of the India. Thus, they are not subjected to the vote to the parliament.

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List of Chairman of UPSC Since 1926

Even though the constitutional establishment of the UPSC body has been constituted after the constitution of the Indian constitution the UPSC body was there in other form which recruited the aspirant towards the Indian Civil Services (ICS) in the British India. SO the list of the chairmen of the body has been recognised since the year of 1926

The Chairman	Period of Year
Sir Ross Barker	1926 – 1932
Sir David Petrie	1932-1936
Sir Eyre Gorden	1937-1942
Sir F.W. Robertson	1942-1947
Sh. H.K. Kripalani	1947-1949
Sh. R.N. Banerjee	1949-1955
Sh. N. Govindarajan	1955
Sh. V.S.Hejmadi	1955-1961
Sh. B.N.Jha	1961-1967
Sh. K.R. Damle	1967-1971
Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar	1971-1973
Dr. A.R.Kidwai	1973-1979
Dr.M.L. Shahare	1979-1985
Sh. H.K.L. Capoor	1985-1990
Sh. J.P.Gupta	1990-1992
Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli)	1992-1996
Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal	1996
Sh. J.M. Qureshi	1996-1998
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath	1998-2002
Sh. P.C. Hota	2002-2003
Sh. Mata Prasad	2003-2005
S. R. Hashim	2005-2006
Gurbachan Jagat	2006-2007
Subir Dutta	2007-2008
D. P. Agrawal	2008-2014
Rajni Razdan	2014
Deepak Gupta	2014-2016
Alka Sirohi	2016-2017
David R. Syiemlieh	2017-2018
Vinay Mittal	2018
Arvind Saxena (acting)	2018
Arvind Saxena	2018-2020
Pradeep Kumar Joshi	2020-incumbent

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The Present Composition of UPSC 2021 – Chairman and Members

	Name and Date of Birth	Date from which holding the post	Date of retirement
Chairman	Prof. (Dr.) Pradeep Kumar Joshi 05/04/1957	07/08/2020	04/04/2022
Member	Air Marshal A. S. Bhonsle (Retd.) 15/02/1957	21/02/2017	14/02/2022
Member	Ms. Sujata Mehta 30/03/1957	21/02/2017	29/03/2022
Member	Dr. Manoj Soni 17/02/1965	28/06/2017	27/06/2023
Member	Ms. Smita Nagaraj 22/09/1958	01/12/2017	21/09/2023
Member	Ms. M. Sathiyavathy 13/05/1958	09/04/2018	12/05/2023
Member	Sh. Bharat Bhushan Vyas 15/11/1957	13/12/2018	14/11/2022
Member	Dr. T. C. A. Anant 03/01/1958	14/01/2019	02/01/2023
Member	Sh. Rajiv Nayan Choubey 28/01/1959	01/02/2019	27/01/2024

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Conclusion

Hope this list may inspire you to achieve great. May your name appear like in this Entri GK blog in the near future for the notable persons or leaders in any department or profession. If no amount of inspiration is drawn or if you want to use this information in your competitive examination by heart the list just for the purpose of general acquiring general awareness. The list of chairmen of UPSC is one of the most repeating questions that are ever asked in any competitive examination. If you are preparing for UPSC civil service examination or any other UPSC examination you should have to by heart or understand the chairman of the body which recruits you. Enroll Entri for more general awareness information and questions. Keep studying Keep winning!