New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey (IAS) has assumed charge as Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance on Thursday. He is a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday appointed Pandey, who was holding the charge of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), as the Revenue Secretary. The order also stated that Pandey will continue to be designated as the Finance Secretary.
Pandey, who has been serving as Finance Secretary since September 2024, previously held responsibilities for the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE). With this appointment, he now oversees the Department of Revenue, a key portfolio in the Finance Ministry.
The Finance Ministry comprises six departments: Revenue, Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services, DIPAM, and DPE. The senior-most bureaucrat in the ministry traditionally holds the designation of Finance Secretary.
Pandey brings extensive administrative experience, having held critical positions in both the Union and Odisha governments. At the Union level, he has served as Joint Secretary in the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog), Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, and Deputy Secretary in the Commerce Ministry.
In Odisha, his notable roles include serving as the administrative head of the Departments of Health, General Administration, Commercial Taxes, Transport, and Finance. Additionally, he has led Odisha State Finance Corporation as Executive Director and Odisha Small Industries Corporation as Managing Director.
His international exposure includes a tenure with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in its Regional Office.
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