Retired IAS officer, Deepak Gupta takes charge as Chief of UPSC

The retired IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, Deepak Gupta has been appointed as Chief of Union Public Service Commission. He is younger brother of former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta. As per convention, a UPSC chief is appointed from among the members of the Commission.This time it was the turn of former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Alka Sirohi, who is already working as member in the Commission, to become the chairperson but It is for the first time that somebody from outside has been appointed as the UPSC chairperson, the sources said.