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Friday, September 6, 2013

Deepak Sandhu Becomes First Woman Chief Information Commissioner Thursday Sep 5,2013

Deepak Sandhu(64) who has been an information commissioner for the last four years, on Thursday Sep 5,2013 became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of India

Deepak Sandhu was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, attended among others by Vice President Hamid Ansari.


Deepak Sandhu is joining office for a relatively smaller tenure of nearly three months in which her biggest challenge would over 30,000 pending cases with the Commission

Deepak Sandhu is succeeding Satyananda Mishra who demitted office after five-years of tenure at the Commission on Wednesday Sep 4,2013

About Deepak Sandhu

  • has been an information commissioner for the last four years
  • had served in many key positions such as - 
  • Principal Director General (Media and Communications) in the Press Information BureauDirector 
  • General of DD (News)
  • Director General (News) All India Radio before taking over as Information Commissioner in 2009

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