| Designation | Name & Date of Birth | Date from which holding the post | Date of Retirement | Brief Introduction |
| Chairman | Dr. Ajay Kumar 02/10/1962 | 15/05/2025 (FN) | 01/10/2027 | - Dr. Ajay Kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1985 and retired as Defence Secretary of India on 31.10.2022.
- Dr. Ajay Kumar is B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
- He is M.S. Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA.
- Dr. Ajay Kumar held various senior level positions in the State Government of Kerala and the Central Government.
- From July, 2015 to November, 2017, he held the post of Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and IT.
- He was appointed as the Secretary, Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence in December, 2017 and later as Union Defence Secretary from August, 2019 to October, 2022.
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| Member | Sh. Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd.) 27/03/1962 | 18/07/2022 (FN) | 26/03/2027 | - In a career spanning over four decades in the Indian Army, the officer has seen extensive service in the field – he commanded an Infantry Brigade in Counter Insurgency Operations, the Baramulla Division along the Line of Control in the Kashmir Valley and a Pivot Corps along the Western Borders.
- An alumni of the Defence Services Staff College – Wellington, the College of Defence Management – Secunderabad and the National Defence College – New Delhi, the General Officer has served two tenures at the Military Operations Directorate dealing with Doctrines / Force Structuring and was the Director General, Perspective Planning, addressing issues relating to Military Futures and Force Modernisation.
- He has also been Commandant of the Indian Army’s prestigious training establishment and think tank – the Army War College.
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| Member | Ms. Suman Sharma 30/07/1967 | 25/05/2023 (FN) | 24/05/2029 | - Post Graduate (Bronze Medalist) in Organic Chemistry from Meerut University.
- M.B.A. degree from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
- An Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer of 1990 batch.
- She has held several important positions within Income Tax Department and also Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She has been closely involved with the subject matters of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing.
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| Member | Ms. Shri Bidyut Behari Swain 05/09/1963 | 01/06/2023 (FN) | 04/09/2028 | - Joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 in the Gujarat Cadre.
- Served as an Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce in charge of Special Economic Zones, Trade negotiations of India with CIS Countries, Export Insurance.
- On promotion as Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce in 2020, he dealt with Trade Policy Division, CIS & OCEANIA Divisions, with additional charge of Director General of Trade Remedies.
- He has a MA degree in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and a Masters in Public Policy & Management from The Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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| Member | Dr. Dinesh Dasa 29/03/1974 | 29/09/2023 (FN) | 28/09/2029 | - Ph.D. in Forest Laws and Sustainable Development from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
- Before joining the UPSC, Dr. Dasa served as a Member of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) for ten months followed by a significant tenure as the Chairman of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) from February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2022.
- Dr. Dasa has also served as a member of the Standing Committee of All India Public Service Commission during 2016-2022 and chaired the committee during 2020-22. He headed the committee to bring uniformity in syllabus and exam pattern in conducting Civil Services Examination across the states while retaining regional diversities.
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| Member | Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh 26/8/1963 | 15/01/2024 (FN) | 25/08/2028 | - Known for strategic thinking, expertise in Global Security Scenario and Internal Security.
- Served as Director General of CISF from November 2021 to August 2023.
- Awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service in the year 2004 and President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in the year 2010
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| Member | Shri Sanjay Verma 28/01/1965 | 01/02/2024 (FN) | 27/01/2030 | - Joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990.
- Professional experience includes – Bilateral relations with countries across Asia, Africa and Europe; Multilateral (UN, NAM, G77 and the Commonwealth);
- Served as Ambassador to Spain, Andorra and the UNWTO and many other countries.
- He has also handled HADR responsibilities (Operation Rahat in Yemen, Op. Ganga in Ukraine and Op. Dost in Turkiye).
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| Member | Smt. Sujata Chaturedi | 01/05/2025 (F) | 18/06/2030 | - Smt. Sujata Chaturvedi is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1989 batch from Bihar cadre.
- Prior to becoming Member, UPSC, she was working as Secretary(Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.
- Smt. Chaturvedi is an alumnus of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, where after graduation in Humanities, she did her post graduation in History in 1988.
- She also has an M.Phil in Public Administration from Punjab University and a Diploma in the Russian Language.
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| Member | Smt. Anuradha Prasad | 02/05/2025 (FN) | 22/01/2029 | - Smt. Anuradha Prasad is a former Secretary to the Government of India with extensive experience in public policy, public finance, and cooperative federalism.
- She joined the Indian Defence Accounts Service in 1986 and in a career spanning over 37 years, worked in Union Ministries of Defence, Finance, Food Processing Industries, Labour & Employment and Home, gaining in-depth experience in policy & programme formulation and implementation.
- She superannuated in January 2024, from the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, heading the Inter State Council Secretariat.
- In this role, she handled Centre-State and Inter-State relations and built consensus on many complex and sensitive issues resulting in policy changes and expediting of infrastructure and other projects
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