The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet by its DoPT Notification No. No.31/1/2025-EO(SM.II) dated February 27, 2025 has approved the appointment of ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, Finance Secretary and Secretary, Department of Revenue (DoR) to the post of Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), initially for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) – Government of India of the Odisha cadre, held the charge of Secretary of three Departments, i.e., Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM), since 24.10.2019, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) since 01.08.2024 and Department of Personnel and Training since 04.11.2024. Both the DIPAM and DPE function under the Ministry of Finance. Shri Pandey holds a Masters in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh and an MBA from the University of Birmingham (UK).
Section 4 of the SEBI Act stipulates that Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) shall consist of a Chairperson who shall be appointed by the Central Government. The said Chairperson shall be a person of ability, integrity and standing who has shown capacity in dealing with problems relating to securities market or has special knowledge or experience of law, finance, economics, accountancy, administration or in any other discipline which, in the opinion of the Central Government, shall be useful to SEBI.
A copy of the DoPT notification is enclosed, while a notification in the Gazette of India is yet to be published.
In the past, there have been various controversies in the process of Appointment as well as in the extension of term of SEBI Chairpersons. Regstreet Law Advisors wrote a piece โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏโ on Bar & Bench, available at: https://lnkd.in/fFtrq5G.
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