Himachal cadre IAS officer Anuradha Thakur joins SEBI board
She will take charge as Economic Affairs Secretary from July 1, after incumbent Ajay Seth superannuates on June 30
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Anuradha Thakur, an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Department of Economic Affairs, has been appointed to the SEBI board, the markets regulator’s website showed on Wednesday.
1994-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer Thakur joined the Department of Economic Affairs as an OSD in April.
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She will take charge as Economic Affairs Secretary from July 1, after incumbent Ajay Seth superannuates on June 30.
Thakur has been inducted as a part-time member of the SEBI board, according to the regulator’s website.
Other part-time members are — M Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, Secretary at the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
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All three part-time members are ex-officio — RBI Deputy Governor, Economic Affairs Secretary and Corporate Affairs Secretary.
Overall, the SEBI board comprises a chairman, four full-time members and three part-time members.
According to a government notification, Thakur has been appointed as a member of the board of SEBI effective June 16.
The SEBI board meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
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