Mrs Preeti Sudan, a former IAS officer takes the Oath of Office and Secrecy as a Member, of UPSC

Mrs Preeti Sudan, a former IAS officer took the Oath of Office and Secrecy as a Member, of UPSC this afternoon in the Central Hall, Main Building of UPSC. The oath was administered to her by the UPSC Chairman Dr Manoj Soni.

Mrs Preeti Sudan, a 1983 batch IAS officer from the AP cadre, retired as Union Health Secretary in July 2020. She also served as Secretary, of the Department of Food & Public Distribution, and, in M/o Women & Child Development and Defence. Mrs Preeti Sudan is an M.Phil in Economics & MSc in Social Policy and Planning from LSE.

Amongst her notable contributions have been initiating two major flagship programmes of the country, i.e., Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Ayushman Bharat, apart from Legislation on the National Medical Commission, Allied Health Professionals Commission & ban on E-cigarettes.

Mrs Sudan was also a Consultant with the World Bank. She served as Chair of COP-8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Vice Chair of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Chair of Global Digital Health Partnership and a member of WHO’s Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.

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