Ajay Bhushan Pandey (born 2 February 1961;
IAST
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: ''Ajaya Bhūṣaṇa Pāṇḍeya'') is a 1984 batch
Indian Administrative Service
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(IAS) officer belonging to the
Maharashtra
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cadre. He is former Finance Secretar
of India. He is also former chief executive officer (CEO) of the
Aadhaar, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency of
Government of India
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responsible for implementing
Aadhaar
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. He also worked as the chairman of
Goods and Services Tax Network from September 2017 to March 2021. Currently, he is Chairman of
National Financial Reporting Authority
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(NFRA).
Education
Pandey gained a
Bachelor of Technology
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degree in
Electrical
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from the
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...
(IIT Kanpur).
He earned a
Master of Science
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degree and a
Doctor of Philosophy
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degree in computer science from the
University of Minnesota
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under
Jaideep Srivastava
Jaideep Srivastava is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and was awarded the Distinguished Research Contributions Award of the PAKDD, fo ...
.
Career
Pandey has served as
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* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan
* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Ind ...
(Information Technology), the managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation, secretary to the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Deputy Commissioner (Sales Tax) and as the
district magistrate and collector
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of a
district
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in the
Maharashtra government
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;
and as the chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network, director general and mission director in UIDAI, deputy director general in UIDAI, and as a deputy secretary in the
Ministry of Labour and Employment in the
Indian government
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.
Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India
Pandey was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the
Unique Identification Authority of India
Aadhaar ( hi, आधार, ādhār, lit=base, foundation, bn, আধার) is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelve ...
by the
prime minister
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-headed
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
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The committee is composed of the Prime Minister of India (''ex-officio'' Chairman) and the Minister of Home Affairs. Originally the Minis ...
(ACC) in May 2016, he assumed office on 31 May 2016.
In June 2017, after Pandey's promotion, the status of CEO of
UIDAI was upgraded to be equivalent to a
secretary to the Government of India
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from
additional secretary to the Government of India
Additional Secretary (often abbreviated as AS, GoI or Union Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary to Government of India) is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India. The authority for creation of thi ...
.
Chairperson of the Goods and Service Tax Network
Pandey was given the additional charge of chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network by the ACC in September 2017.
He assumed office on 10 September 2017.
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Indian Administrative Service officers
IIT Kanpur alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
People from Bihar
1962 births
Living people