| Ajay Bhushan Pandey | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Dr. |
| Office: | Finance Secretary of India |
| Predecessor: | Rajiv Kumar |
| Appointer: | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Minister: | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Successor: | T. V. Somanathan |
| Termstart: | 3 March 2020 |
| Termend: | 28 February 2021 |
| Office1: | Revenue Secretary of India |
| Predecessor1: | Hasmukh Adhia |
| Successor1: | Tarun Bajaj |
| Termend1: | 28 February 2021 |
| Termstart1: | 1 December 2018 |
| Office2: | 2nd Chairman of Goods and Service Tax Network |
| Predecessor2: | Navin Kumar |
| Successor2: | Tarun Bajaj |
| Termend2: | 28 February 2021 |
| Termstart2: | 10 September 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 1961 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bihar, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | IAS officer |
| Office3: | 1st Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India |
| Predecessor3: | Office established |
| Successor3: | Saurabh Garg |
| Termstart3: | 31 May 2016 |
| Termend3: | 20 October 2019 |
Ajay Bhushan Pandey (born 2 February 1961; IAST: Ajaya Bhūṣaṇa Pāṇḍeya) is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Maharashtra cadre. He is former Finance Secretary https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/t-v-somanathan-named-finance-secy-in-place-of-ajay-bhushan-pandey-121042900056_1.html of India.[1] He is also former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency of Government of India responsible for implementing Aadhaar. He also worked as the chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network from September 2017 to March 2021. Currently, he is Chairman of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).
Pandey gained a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).[2] He earned a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota under Jaideep Srivastava.[3]
Pandey has served as Principal Secretary (Information Technology), the managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation, secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Deputy Commissioner (Sales Tax) and as the district magistrate and collector of a district in the Maharashtra government; and as the chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network, director general and mission director in UIDAI, deputy director general in UIDAI, and as a deputy secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Indian government.
Pandey was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India by the prime minister-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in May 2016,[4] [5] [6] [7] he assumed office on 31 May 2016.
In June 2017, after Pandey's promotion, the status of CEO of UIDAI was upgraded to be equivalent to a secretary to the Government of India from additional secretary to the Government of India.[8] [9] [10] [11]
Pandey was given the additional charge of chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network by the ACC in September 2017.[12] [13] [14] He assumed office on 10 September 2017.