Devender Kumar Sikri , a former Gujarat cadre IAS officer, has been appointed chairman of the fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI).
"Sikri has been appointed CCI chairman," said a senior official in the department of personnel and training.
Sixty two-year-old Sikri succeeds Ashok Chawla, whose over four-year tenure as CCI chairman ended on Thursday. Chawla was the former finance secretary and had succeeded Dhanendra Kumar, who demitted office in June 2011.
Sikri has held various positions in the Centre and in his cadre state, Gujarat. He superannuated as secretary, department of justice on July 31, 2013.
The former IAS officer had been secretary in the ministry of women and child development, registrar-general of census and collector of Rajkot and Jamnagar, among others.
"Sikri has been appointed CCI chairman," said a senior official in the department of personnel and training.
Sixty two-year-old Sikri succeeds Ashok Chawla, whose over four-year tenure as CCI chairman ended on Thursday. Chawla was the former finance secretary and had succeeded Dhanendra Kumar, who demitted office in June 2011.
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Sikri will have a tenure of about two-and-a-half years till he attains the age of 65 years, the official said.
Sikri has held various positions in the Centre and in his cadre state, Gujarat. He superannuated as secretary, department of justice on July 31, 2013.
The former IAS officer had been secretary in the ministry of women and child development, registrar-general of census and collector of Rajkot and Jamnagar, among others.