The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has named Ravneet Kaur as the Chairperson of antitrust body, Competition Commission of India (CCI) for a period of five years or till the date of attaining 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
Key points
- She is the first woman chairman of CCI and is the second woman to serve in an ‘economic regulator’ role after Madhabi Puri Buch, who was appointed chairperson of the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) last year.
- Since former Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta demitted office in October 2022, there has been no full-time chairperson of CCI. CCI member Sangeeta Verma has been acting as the Chairperson since October 2022.
- Ravneet Kaur is a 1988 Punjab cadre IAS officer.
- Kaur has held several key positions including that of chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation (2017-2019), joint secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (2015-2017).
