Sushma Singh

Sushma Singh is 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 IAS officer belonging to the Jharkhand cadre.She retired from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 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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