Vijai Sharma

Vijai Sharma (1 December 1950 – 18 July 2025) was a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of 1974 batch from Uttar Pradesh cadre who served as the Chief Information Commissioner of India in 2015 and before that he served as the Environment Secretary of India and Joint Secretary in Ministry of Environment and Forests of India. He played a key role in the working and development of Kyoto Protocol.^[1]

Vijai Sharma IAS (Retd.)
Chief Information Commissioner of India
In office 6 October 2015 – 1 December 2015
Preceded by	Rajiv Mathur
Succeeded by	Radha Krishna Mathur
Environment Secretary of India
In office 2008–2010
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Meena Gupta
Joint Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests of India
In office 1997–2003
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-01) 1 December 1950 (age 75) India
Died	18 July 2025(2025-07-18) (aged 74) California, United States
Alma mater	(LLB) University of Lucknow (LLM) University College London (LLM) Harvard University

Education

Vijai Sharma completed his undergraduation and LLB from Lucknow University and holds an LLM from UCL in London and his another LLM from Harvard University.^[2]

Death

Sharma died 18 July 2025 while visiting his son in California.^[3][4]