After the premature exit of former UPSC chairman Manoj Soni, Preeti Sudan has been appointed as the chairperson of UPSC.
A 1983-batch IAS officer of Andhra cadre, Sudan has been serving as member of UPSC since November 2022. Lt Gen Raj Shukla (retired), who is also member of UPSC, was in the reckoning.
Before becoming the member, Sudan had retired as union health secretary in July 2020, serving almost 37 years as a bureaucrat. herald role as. Health secretary during the Covid-19 as crucial. She was instrumental in implementing medical and health protocols across the country.
She also served as secretary, department of food and public distribution and in women and child development ministry apart from defence.
In her home cadre at Andhra Pradesh, she has served in various departments including finance and planning, disaster management, tourism and agriculture.
Preeti Sudan is an M.Phil in Economics & MSc in Social Policy and Planning from London School of Economics.
Preeti Sudan has a long list of achievements
Amongst her notable contributions have been initiating two major flagship programmes of the country, i.e., Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Ayushman Bharat, apart from Legislation on National Medical Commission, Allied Health Professionals Commission & ban on E-cigarettes.
Sudan was also a Consultant with the World Bank. She served as Chair of COP-8 of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Vice Chair of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Chair of Global Digital Health Partnership and as member of WHO's Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
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