Preeti Sudan set to take over as UPSC chairman

A UPSC Member since 2022, 1983 batch IAS officer and former union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan is set to take over as chairman of the commission. Her appointment is set to come even as UPSC is faced with an ongoing controversy over probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedekar's alleged falsification of submitted records. Sudan's elevation also follows the curious exit of UPSC Chairman Mahesh Soni, who resigned recently citing personal reasons.

An Andhra Pradesh cadre officer, Sudan has earlier also served as Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution besides in the ministries of Women & Child Development and Defence. She is credited with steering the flagship Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Ayushman Bharat missions besides the Legislation on National Medical Commission, Allied Health Professionals Commission & ban on E-cigarettes.-OPB

Sudan has also served as Chair of COP-8 of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and as member of WHO's Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.