Ajay Bhushan Pandey

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Dr.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Ajaya Bhūṣaṇa Pāṇḍeya
Finance Secretary of India
In office
3 March 2020 – 28 February 2021
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterNirmala Sitharaman
Preceded byRajiv Kumar
Succeeded byT. V. Somanathan
Revenue Secretary of India
In office
1 December 2018 – 28 February 2021
Preceded byHasmukh Adhia
Succeeded byTarun Bajaj
2nd Chairman of Goods and Service Tax Network
In office
10 September 2017 – 28 February 2021
Preceded byNavin Kumar
Succeeded byTarun Bajaj
1st Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India
In office
31 May 2016 – 20 October 2019
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySaurabh Garg
Personal details
Born (1961-02-02) 2 February 1961 (age 63)
Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
University of Minnesota
OccupationIAS officer

Ajay Bhushan Pandey (born 2 February 1961; IAST: Ajaya Bhūṣaṇa Pāṇḍeya) is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Maharashtra cadre. He is former Finance Secretary [1] of India.[1] He is also former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency of Government of India responsible for implementing Aadhaar. He also worked as as the chairman of GSTN, Goods and Services Tax Network, India. from September 2017 to March 2021

He has been at helm of three major reforms India has witnessed during the last five years - Aadhaar, GST, Direct Tax Reforms.

As Finance Secretary and Revenue Secretary of India, he was responsible for preparing as many as three annual budgets for the Government of India (in the years 2019, 2020, 2021) and one vote-on-account in the year 2019. He is also known for bringing fundamental tax reforms by introducing faceless assessment and faceless appeal, automated refunds, and having them implemented them through extensive use of technology. He was instrumental in historical reduction of corporate tax in India from 30% to 22% and for new manufacturing units to 15% to encourage investments in India. He was also responsible for bringing amendments in 2019 to promote digital payments in India. The amendments mandated all businesses in India having an annual turnover of over Rs 50 crore to mandatorily provide UPI based payment facilities to its customers.

As the Chairman of GSTN, he stabilised the newly introduced GST in India within a short span of three years.

Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive Officer & Director General at the Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar) from September 2015 until October 2019. Under his leadership, he expanded Aadhaar to give biometric based identity to 1.20 billion Indians. He was instrumental in drafting the Aadhaar Act in 2016 and getting it passed through Indian Parliament. He helped bring in various laws pertaining to the use and development of Aadhaar and at the same time safeguarding privacy for Indian citizens. He personally argued for two days in March 2018 before the 5-Judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court in support of Aadhaar and was successful in convincing the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Aadhaar. He was the final decision maker of the architecture, hardware, software and implementation of Aadhaar in India.

Education[edit]

Pandey is a graduate (BTech) in Electrical from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).[2] He also has postgraduate (MS) and doctorate (PhD) degrees in computer science from the University of Minnesota.[2]

Career[edit]

Mr Pandey has served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra, like as Principal Secretary (Information Technology), the managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation, secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Deputy Commissioner (Sales Tax) and as the district magistrate and collector of a district in the Maharashtra government;[2] and as the chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network, director general and mission director in UIDAI, deputy director general in UIDAI, and as a deputy secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Indian government.[2]

Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India[edit]

Pandey was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India by the prime minister-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in May 2016,[3][4][5][6] he assumed office on 31 May 2016.[2]

In June 2017, after Pandey's promotion, the status of CEO of UIDAI was upgraded to be equivalent to a secretary to the Government of India from additional secretary to the Government of India.[7][8][9][10]

Chairperson of the Goods and Service Tax Network[edit]

Pandey was given the additional charge of chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network by the ACC in September 2017.[11][12][13] He assumed office on 10 September 2017.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Ajay Bhushan Pandey named new revenue secretary". The Economic Times. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Dr. A B P Pandey - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Golya, Kshitiz (21 July 2016). "Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as CEO of UIDAI". Live Mint. New Delhi: HT Media Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Govt appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey UIDAI CEO". The Times of India. New Delhi. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Govt appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey UIDAI CEO". Business Standard. New Delhi. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Govt appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey UIDAI CEO". The Financial Express. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "UIDAI CEO elevated to position of secretary". Deccan Chronicle. New Delhi. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "UIDAI CEO elevated to position of secretary". India Today. New Delhi. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "UIDAI CEO elevated to position of secretary". Outlook. New Delhi. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "UIDAI chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed interim GSTN chairman". The Financial Express. New Delhi. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "UIDAI head A.B. Pandey given additional charge as GSTN Chairman". Business Standard. New Delhi. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "UIDAI chief to head GST Network". Press Reader. New Delhi: The Asian Age. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "UIDAI chief A.B. Pandey appointed interim GSTN chairman". Live Mint. New Delhi: HT Media Ltd. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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