Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi took oath as Chairman of UPSC. Union Public Service Commission is known as UPSC
Prof. Joshi joined the Commission as a member in the year 2015.
Professor (Dr.) Pradeep Kumar Joshi is current chairman of Union Public Service Commission.Previously he served as Chairman, Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission and also Chairman,Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission. He also served as Director, National Institute of
Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA), [Ministry of HRD, Government of India]. The
position of Director has been changed to Vice Chancellor & NIEPA has been changed to NUEPA (National University of Educational Planning & Administration).
Dr. Joshi did his Post Graduate Degree in Commerce in 1977 and Ph.D. Degree in Commerce in 1981 from Kanpur University,Kanpur. Professor Joshi has been in the field of education for more than 28 years. Dr. Joshi served as the Professor, Head & Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur
He has held no of responsibility during his working period.
He succeeded Arvind Saxena who completed his term as UPSC chairman.
Arvind Saxena was born on 8 August 1955 .He is an Indian civil servant and he was 1978-batch officer, he also served in the Indian Postal Service for 10 years.
He served as Director of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
During his career, Dr. Joshi taught more than 28 years at postgraduate level and held many important positions in various policy making, academic and administrative bodies.
Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) is the central recruiting body in India. It conducts the recruitment and examinations for All India services for both (Group A & Group B).
UPSC was established on October 1, 1926, as Public Service Commission.
After Independence, it was named as Union Public Service Commission
Construction of UPSC
UPSC generally consist of 9 to 11 member with chairman.All members and chairman of UPSC appointed by the president of india.Each member service tenure is 6 years and till he working up to 65 year of age.
If any member can want to resign in between his term due to any reason than they give resignation to the president of india.
All list of UPSC Chairman
| UPSC Chairman Name | Tenure |
| Sir Ross Barker | October 1926 – August 1932 |
| Sir David Petrie | August 1932 – 1936 |
| Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 – 1942 |
| Sir F. W. Robertson | 1942 – 1947 |
| H. K. Kripalani | April 1, 1947 – January 13, 1949 |
| R. N. Banerjee | January 14, 1949 – May 9, 1955 |
| N. Govindarajan | May 10, 1955 – December 9, 1955 |
| V. S. Hejmadi | December 10, 1955 – December 9, 1961 |
| B. N. Jha | December 11, 1961 – February 22, 1967 |
| K. R. Damle | April 18, 1967 – March 2, 1971 |
| Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar | May 11, 1971 – February 1, 1973 |
| Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | February 5, 1973 – February 4, 1979 |
| M. L. Shahare | February 16, 1979 – February 16, 1985 |
| H. K. L. Capoor | February 18, 1985 – March 5, 1990 |
| J. P. Gupta | March 5, 1990 – June 2, 1992 |
| R. M. Bathew | September 23, 1992 – August 23, 1996 |
| S. J. S. Chhatwal | August 23, 1996 – September 30, 1996 |
| J. M. Qureshi | September 30, 1996 – December 11, 1998 |
| Surendra Nath | December 11, 1998 – June 25, 2002 |
| Purna Chandra Hota | June 25, 2002 – September 2003 |
| Mata Prasad | September 2003 – January 2005 |
| S. R. Hashim | January 4, 2005 – April 1, 2006 |
| Gurbachan Jagat | April 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 |
| Subir Dutta | June 30, 2007 – August 16, 2008 |
| D. P. Agrawal | August 16, 2008 – August 2014 |
| Rajni Razdan | August 16, 2014 – November 21, 2014 |
| Deepak Gupta | November 22, 2014 – September 20, 2016 |
| Alka Sirohi | September 21, 2016 – January 3, 2017 |
| David R. Syiemlieh | January 4, 2017 – January 21, 2018 |
| Vinay Mittal | January 22, 2018 – June 19, 2018 |
| Arvind Saxena | June 20, 2018 – Incumbent |
Sir Ross Barker was first UPSC chairman of india at October 1926.
Now a days the salary of chairman UPSC is approx. Rs.2,50,000.
