D P Agrawal

Chairman of UPSC
Professor D P Agrawal was founder Director of ABV Indian Institute of
Information Technology and Management (IIITM). Professor Agrawal
has been an eminent teacher, educational administrator and institution
builder. He was Professor and Dean at IIT- Delhi from where, in 1994, he
took over as Joint Educational Adviser (T) in the Ministry of HRD. Professor
Agrawal was National Project Director of the World Bank assisted project
for strengthening technician education in India.

Purushottam Agrawal
Since July 2, 2007, he has been a member of the Union Public Service
Commission, New Delhi.
Political science, Hindi author, Chief Advisor, Hindi Textbooks (classes VI-
XII),

Shri I M G Khan

Shri I.M.G Khan former Secretary (Posts), Department of Posts, is an
officer of the Indian Postal Service belonging to the 1970 batch, Shri
I.M.G Khan held several important positions in his career, which includes,
Member (Operations & Marketing) and Member (Development) in the
Department of Posts, Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel
and Training and Additional Secretary and Controller or Examinations in
the UPSC.
He also served as Member Secretary, Civil Services Examination Reforms
Committee headed by Professor Y.K. Alagh in UPSC. Shri Khan was also a
Member of UPSC delegation that visited Australia and Singapore to study their Public Servic e
Commissions.

Prashanta Kumar Mishra
Prashanta Kumar Mishra, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, is a 1972 batch Indian
Administrative Services (IAS) Officer of UP Cadre. In his career spanning
over 36 years has held several important assignments both in the state of UP
and in the centre.
His assignments at the Centre included Director General of Nehra Yuva
Kendra Sangathan, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Special
Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and
Parliamentary Affairs Secretary.

Shri Vijay Singh
Former Defence Secretary Vijay Singh is an Indian Administrative
Service Officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre (1970), Singh held
several important assignments both in Madhya Pradesh and at the Centre
during his 37 year career.
His assignments at the Centre included Director in the Department of
Cultural Affairs, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Finance.
He became Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh in October, 2004 and
served there till January 2006. Thereafter, he served as Secretary to Government of India in the
Department of AYUSH and later in the Department of Road Transport and Highways, till becoming
Defence Secretary in August, 2007.


Smt. Rajni Razdan
Smt. Rajni Razdan, former Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public
Grievances, Government of India took the oath of office and
secrecy as Member, Union Service Public Commission.
An Indian Administrative Service Officer of Haryana Cadre
of 1973 Batch, Smt. Rajni Razdan has held several important
assignments both in the State of Haryana and at the Centre.
Her assignments at the Centre included Joint Secretary in the
Ministry of Food and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions. In her home cadre,
her assignments included Secretary, Cooperation and Public Health, Principal Secretary,
Housing and Chairman, Haryana Housing Board. Author of a number of publication, she
became Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Pension &
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances in February 2007.


Smt. Alka Sirohi
Smt. Alka Sirohi assumed office as Member, UPSC. An IAS officer of 1974 batch of
Madhya Pradesh Cadre, she served as Secretary, Department of
Personnel & Training, M/o Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
and Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution in
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution in
Government of India. Earlier, she was Special Secretary and
Additional Secretary in the same Ministry and also held the post of
Principal Advisor in the Planning Commission.
In her state cadre, Smt. Alka Sirohi held important assignments in the
departments of Agriculture Cooperation, Women & Child Development and Health & Family
Welfare. A post graduate in Western History, Smt. Sirohi is trained in management and issues
related to sustainable development.

Shri Manbir Singh
Former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External
Affairs, took the oath of office and secrecy as Member, Union
Public Service Commission.
An officer of Indian Foreign Service of 1976 batch, Shri
Manbir Singh has held several important positions which
incudes Counselor (Commerce & Economics) in former USSR
and later the Russian Republic, Minister at the Embassy of India
in the United Arab Emirates, Chief of Protocol at Headquarters,
New Delhi, Ambassador of India in the countries of Hungry, Iran
and Netherlands. Shri Singh has also served as Indias
representative to Convention on Prevention of Chemical Weapons and the
International Court of Justice.


Dr. VENKATARAMI REDDYY
The former Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Y. Venkatrami
Reddy, has been appointed as a New Member of Union Public Service
Commission.
Prof. Reddy, who served as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Public
Service Commission between 2005 to 2011. He was Vice-Chancellor of
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh hails from Kamalapuram village in Garladinne mandal of
Anantapur district. He is Engineer by profession obtained his BE
electrical engineering from the Government of College of Engineering, Anantapur,
and M.E. degree from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
He did his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and joined as a
lecturer at the JNTU College of Engineering in 1975.He was the youngest Vice-
Chancellor to be appointed in JNTU's history in 1999 and continued in the position for
six and half years till 2004.
Prof. Reddy was also the Chairman of Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common
Entrance Test, AP (EAMCET) for a record six years from 1999 to 2004. The JNTU
expanded enormously in terms of size, staff and academics during his tenure.


Prof. David Syiemlieh
Prof. David R.Syiemlieh, former Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University,
Doikukh, Arunachal Pradesh has taken oath as Member, UPSC. Prof.
Syiemlieh had also served as Lecturer at St. Edmunds College, Shillong
and Department of History, NEHU and as a Reader and then Professor of
History, NEHU. A person of eminence, Prof. Syiemlieh held many
important positions in various policy making, academic and
administrative bodies. He has authored and edited several books and
publications and had been awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowship in the year 1999.
Shri Amar Pratap Singh
Shri Amar Pratap Singh, Former Director, CBI took the oath of office
and secrecy as Member, Union Public Service Commission. An
officer of Indian Police Service of 1974 batch, Shri Amar Pratap
Singh held several important positions earlier which include
Inspector General (Special Branch & CID), Meghalaya State, Chief
Vigilance Officer, Indian Airlines, Officer on Special Duty to the Chief
Minister of Jharkhand, Additional Director General (Hqrs), Border
Security Force, Special Director, CBI.