Sushma Singh Explained

Sushma Singh
Office:Chief Information Commissioner of India
Term Start:19 December 2013
Term End:21 May 2014
Predecessor:Deepak Sandhu
Successor:Rajiv Mathur
Nationality:Indian

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). Singh became Information Commissioner on September 23, 2009 in the Central Information Commission.

Notes and References

  1. News: Sushma Singh takes oath as CIC . . 20 December 2013 . 20 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Sushma Singh appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner . DNA . 19 December 2013 . 20 December 2013.