President
Pranab Mukherjee, Monday, appointed well-known academician Professor David Reid
Syiemlieh as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The
Press Information Bureau (PIB) released the following statement: “The President
has appointed Prof. David R. Syiemlieh, Member, Union Public Service
Commission, to perform the duties of the post of Chairman, Union Public Service
Commission, with effect from the forenoon of January 4, 2017 till further
orders or till completion of his term as member on 21.01.2018, whichever is
earlier.”
63-year-old
Syiemlieh was functioning as a UPSC member from June 25, 2012, and will
succeed Alka Sirohi as the Chairman of the commission.
He
is the second person from Meghalaya to be appointed as the head of UPSC after
Rose Bathew Kharbuli, the first woman chairperson of the Commission, in early
1990s.
Prof
Syiemlieh has previously served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, North-Eastern Hill
University and Vice-Chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar.
