Rajni Razdan | |
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Chairman, Union Public Service Commission | |
In office 18 August 2014 –24 November 2014 [1] | |
Preceded by | D. P. Agrawal |
Succeeded by | Deepak Gupta |
Rajni Razdan was an Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1973 batch of Haryana cadre. She assumed the post of Chairman of Union Public Service Commission of India. [2] [3] Ms. Razdan has been a UPSC member since 19 April 2010. Deepak Gupta was chosen as the new UPSC chairman in Nov. 2014 after the completion of tenure of Rajni Razdan.
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