List of UPSC Chairman of India – Union Public Service Commission was established on 1st October 1926 as Public Service Commission. it was later reconstituted as Federal Public Service Commission by the Government of India Act 1935 and renamed as Union Public Service Commission after the independence.
- Ross Barker was the first UPSC Chairman of India
- The commission is headquartered at Dholpur House, in New Delhi
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List of UPSC Chairman of India
Name of UPSC Chairman | Tenure |
Arvind Saxena | June 20, 2018 – Incumbent |
Vinay Mittal | January 22, 2018 – June 19, 2018 |
David R. Syiemlieh | January 4, 2017 – January 21, 2018 |
Alka Sirohi | September 21, 2016 – January 3, 2017 |
Deepak Gupta | November 22, 2014 – September 20, 2016 |
Rajni Razdan | August 16, 2014 – November 21, 2014 |
D. P. Agrawal | August 16, 2008 – August 16, 2014 |
Subir Dutta | June 30, 2007 – August 16, 2008 |
Gurbachan Jagat | April 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 |
S. R. Hashim | January 4, 2005 – April 1, 2006 |
Mata Prasad | September 2003 – January 2005 |
Purna Chandra Hota | June 25, 2002 – September 2003 |
Surendra Nath | December 11, 1998 – June 25, 2002 |
J. M. Qureshi | September 30, 1996 – December 11, 1998 |
S. J. S. Chhatwal | August 23, 1996 – September 30, 1996 |
R. M. Bathew | September 23, 1992 – August 23, 1996 |
J. P. Gupta | March 5, 1990 – June 2, 1992 |
H. K. L. Capoor | February 18, 1985 – March 5, 1990 |
M. L. Shahare | February 16, 1979 – February 16, 1985 |
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | February 5, 1973 – February 4, 1979 |
Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar | May 11, 1971 – February 1, 1973 |
K. R. Damle | April 18, 1967 – March 2, 1971 |
B. N. Jha | December 11, 1961 – February 22, 1967 |
V. S. Hejmadi | December 10, 1955 – December 9, 1961 |
N. Govindarajan | May 10, 1955 – December 9, 1955 |
R. N. Banerjee | January 14, 1949 – May 9, 1955 |
H. K. Kripalani | April 1, 1947 – January 13, 1949 |
Sir F. W. Robertson | 1942 – 1947 |
Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 – 1942 |
Sir David Petrie | August 1932 – 1936 |
Sir Ross Barker | October 1926 – August 1932 |