Manoj Soni to take oath as UPSC chairman tomorrow
Manoj Soni joined UPSC has been performing duties of UPSC chairman since April 5, 2022 and will take oath as chairman tomorrow, May 16, 2023.
Press Trust of India | May 15, 2023 | 07:47 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Educationist Manoj Soni will take oath as the chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday, an official said. Soni, who joined the Commission as the member on June 28, 2017, has been performing the duties of the UPSC chairman since April 5, 2022, he said on Monday.
"He will be administered the oath of office and secrecy as chairman, UPSC on Tuesday by Smita Nagaraj, senior most member in the Commission," the official said. The UPSC conducts civil services examination to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. The Commission is headed by a chairman and it can have a maximum of 10 members. Prior to his appointment in the UPSC, Soni has served three terms as Vice-Chancellor.
Also Read | UPSC 2024 Calendar: Civil Service prelim exam notification on February 14; check dates
These include two consecutive terms from August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2015 as VC of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU), Gujarat; and one term as VC of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (The MSU of Baroda) from April 2005 to April 2008, according to his official biodata. At the time of his joining the MSU of Baroda, Soni was the youngest ever Vice-Chancellor in India and the MSU, it said.
A scholar of political science with specialisation in international relations studies, he has taught international relations at Sardar Patel University (SPU), Vallabh Vidyanagar between 1991 and 2016, except for the period when he served as Vice-Chancellor of the two universities. Soni has earned several awards and recognitions. In 2013, he was conferred with the rare honour of "Honorary Mayor-President of the City of Baton Rouge" by the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, for his exemplary leadership in empowering disadvantaged section of society with IT literacy.
Also Read | UPSC IAS 2023 admit card out at upsconline.nic.in; exam on May 28
In 2015, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London, UK, honoured him with the World Education Congress Global Award for Distance Learning Leadership. Soni has in the past served on the Boards of Governors of several institutions of higher education and public administration. He was also a member of a quasi-judicial body constituted by an Act of the Gujarat Legislature, which regulates the fee structure of the un-aided professional intuitions in Gujarat, according to his biodata. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and another from Indian Revenue Service (IRS) will be joining the UPSC as members soon, the official said without sharing further details.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- ‘New Disease’: Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar and 16 politicians whose children studied abroad
- NMC drops LGBTQ reference from CBME guidelines for MBBS; will review disability component
- Bihar: Post-Matric, NMMS scholarships late for thousands due to tech glitches, manpower shortage
- ‘Attack on Autonomy’: Education ministry seeks presence in DU, other central university executive councils
- Universities UK blueprint flags growing reliance on fee income from foreign students, suggests global strategy
- Delhi University plans to favour interdisciplinary courses over honours ones by 2047
- Empty classrooms, dubious admissions: Murshidabad’s B.Ed college boom a cause for concern
- Stanford University’s list of top scientists must not be misused to win perception battles, says JNU Professor
- NEET Counselling 2024: Close to 1,500 ‘convert’ to NRI quota for MBBS admissions
- RGNUL incident ‘deeply troubling’; alumni, law universities extend support to protesting students