Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey Appointed as SEBI Chairman

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer from Odisha, has been appointed as 11th chairman of SEBI for a three-year term. 

He will replace Madhabi Puri Buch, who will complete her three-year term as the first woman to lead the regulator.

Tuhin has worked with both the Government of Odisha and the Central Government. He worked with Odisha State Finance Corporation and Odisha Small Industries Corporation.

From 2019 to 2025, he led the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), overseeing disinvestment and the privatisation of Air India. Recently, he drafted the 2025-26 Budget and a new Income Tax Bill.