Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Tuhin Kanta Pandey (born 8 July 1965^[5]) is a retired IAS officer who serves as the 11th and current Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India since March 1, 2025.^[6][7] He is an IAS Officer of the 1987 Batch Odisha Cadre, and has served in various positions throughout his career in both Central and in Odisha Government.^{[8] [9]}

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, IAS
11th Chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 March 2025
President	Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Madhabi Puri Buch
Revenue Secretary of India
In office 9 January 2025 – 28 February 2025
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Arunish Chawla, IAS[1]
Succeeded by	Arvind Shrivastava, IAS
Finance Secretary of India
In office 7 September 2024 – 28 February 2025
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	T.V. Somanathan, IAS
Succeeded by	Ajay Seth, IAS[2]
Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
In office 22 October 2019 – 8 January 2025
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Anil Kumar Khachi, IAS[3]
Succeeded by	Arunish Chawla,IAS[4]
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-08) 8 July 1965 (age 60) Odisha, India
Alma mater	Panjab University (M.A.) University of Birmingham (MBA)
Occupation	Retired IAS officer

Early life and education

Pandey was born on 8 July 1965^[5] in the state of Odisha, India. He holds an M.A degree in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and an MBA from the University of Birmingham, UK.^[10]

Career

Pandey is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1987 batch Odisha Cadre and has a nearly four-decade long career in public administration starting as the executive director of the Odisha State Financial Corporation (OSFC) and managing director of Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) before serving as the district collector and magistrate of Odisha's Sambalpur district.^[9]

He then moved from Odisha on central deputation to New Delhi, to serve as the Deputy Secretary at the Department of Commerce and later to the regional office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Later, upon returning to the Odisha cadre, he worked with the State's Transport, Health and Commercial Taxes departments. Pandey then took over as the Principal Secretary of Odisha's Finance Department in 2016.^[9]

On October 24, 2019, he was appointed as the Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) for five years making him the longest serving secretary in Department's history.^[11] As Secretary of (DIPAM) Pandey oversaw the privatisation of Air India and the initial public offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation(LIC).^[12]

In September 2024, Pandey was appointed as Finance Secretary succeeding T. V. Somanathan and in January 2025, Pandey took charge as the Secretary, Department of Revenue (DoR), Ministry of Finance.^[13][14]

Pandey was appointed as the 11th Chairman of SEBI on February 27, 2025, for a three-year term and assumed office on 1 March 2025 succeeding Madhabi Puri Buch.^[15]