Blitz Bureau
FORMER Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan will be the new Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairperson. She joined the UPSC as a member on November 29, 2022. The 1983 batch IAS from the Andhra Pradesh cadre will take over charge from Manoj Soni who recently resigned. She will have tenure till April 2025.
She initiated two major flagship programmes of the country, i.e., ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ and ‘Ayushman Bharat’, apart from a legislation on the National Medical Commission and ban on E-cigarettes. She had also served as a Consultant with the World Bank. Besides, she had served as Chair of COP-8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Vice Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Chair of Global Digital Health Partnership and a member of WHO’s Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
