Sushma Singh
Chief Information Commissioner of India
In office
19 December 2013  21 May 2014
Preceded byDeepak Sandhu
Succeeded byRajiv Mathur
Personal details
NationalityIndian

Sushma Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer and the fifth Chief Information Commissioner of India.[1] She succeeded Deepak Sandhu and became the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner.

Professional career

She is a former Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Jharkhand cadre. She retired from Indian Administrative Service on May 31, 2009.[2] She has served at various Secretarial positions in the Government of India namely Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER).[1] Singh became Information Commissioner on September 23, 2009 in the Central Information Commission.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sushma Singh takes oath as CIC". The Hindu. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sushma Singh appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner". DNA. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.


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