Tuhin Kanta Pandey Height, Age, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Civil Servant
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5'10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Career
Service	Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Batch	1987
Cadre	Odisha
Service Years	1989-Present
Major Designation(s)	• Sub Collector (Junior Scale) in the Land Revenue Management & District Administration/Sub Divisional Administration (1 September 1989-1 August 1991) • Executive Director/Under Secretary in Finance department (1 August 1991-1 December 1992) • Managing Director/Under Secretary in Industries/Small Scale Industries department (1 December 1992-1 June 1994) • District Collector And District Magistrate/Under Secretary in the Land Revenue Management & District Administration/District Administration in Sambalpur (1 June 1994-1 November 1995) • Director/Under Secretary in the Textiles department (1 November 1995-1 January 1996) • Director/Deputy Secretary in the Textiles department (1 January 1996-1 January 1996) • Director/Deputy Secretary in the Finance/Institutional Finance department (1 December 1996-1 February 1997) • Deputy Secretary in Commerce in the Commerce & Industry department (06 February 1997-15 November 1999) • Private Secretary/Deputy Secretary Equivalent in the Staff Officers/Ministers Office in Commerce & Industry department (15 November 1999 - 12 January 2001) • Deputy Secretary Equivalent in the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (12 January 2001 - 31 August 2003) • Additional Seceretary/Director in the Personnel and General Administration in the General Administration Department (22 September 2003 - 13 October 2003) • Special Secretary/Joint Secretary of Personnel and General Administration/General Administration in the General Administration Department (13 October 2003-2 October 2006) • Commissioner/Joint Secretary of Transport in the State Transport Department, Odisha (25 September 2007 - 12 February 2008) • Commissioner & Secretary/Joint Secretary of Health & Family Welfare in the Health & Family Walfare Department, Odisha (12 February 2008 - 14 August 2008) • Commissioner/Joint Secretary of Finance/Commercial Taxes in the Commercial Taxes Department (14 August 2008-28 August 2009) • Joint Secretary of Planning & Program Implementation in the Planning Commission (28 August 2009-9 July 2014) • Joint Secretary of Personnel and General Administration/Cabinet Affairs in the Cabinet Secretariat (9 July 2014-27 August 2016) • Principal Secretary/Additional Secretary in the Finance Department (28 August 2016 - 21 October 2019) • Finance Secretary in the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), New Delhi (22 October 2019-8 January 2025) • Finance Secretary of the Department of Revenue, New Delhi (9 January 2025-31 July 2025) • Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (1 March 2025-Present)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	8 July 1965 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	59 Years
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
College/University	• Panjab University, Chandigarh • University of Birmingham, England
Educational Qualification	• B.A. (Hons) in English from the Panjab University • M.A. (Hons) in Economics from the Panjab University • M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) University of Birmingham
Religion	Hinduism
Money Factor
Salary (approx.) (As of 2025)	Rs. 5,62,500 per month plus other allowances (as the chairman of SEBI)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tuhin Kanta Pandey

• He received the AIS cadre training from 24 August 1987 to 26 August 1989.

• As part of his in-service training, he attended junior-level training at HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration in Jaipur from 1994-1995.

• He has served as an Executive Director & Managing Director of Odisha State Finance Corporation (OSFC) and Odisha Small Corporation (OSIC) in the beginning of his career.

• He attended his middle-level training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of Administration in Mussorie from 2003-2004.

• He trained in Quantitative Methods and Operational Research for Public Policy and Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore from 2005-2006.

• He attended the ‘Phase V Mid Career Training Programme’ from 3 October 2016 to 21 October 2016.

• He attended Foreign Training in London, United Kingdom from 2 October 2006 to 24 September 2007.

• He has studied Leadership and Strategic Thinking at Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

• As of 2025, he is the longest-serving Secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) with a service period of over 5 years.

• While working at DIPAM, he played an important role in the privatisation of Air India airlines and the IDBI bank. He has also supervised the public listing of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
  

  LIC Chairperson M. R. Kumar and Tuhin Kanta Pandey during a press conference

• He has worked in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) while serving under the Ministry of Finance.

• He played a key role in the Union Budget of India of 2025-26 that provided a relief of Rs. 1 lakh crore in taxes to the middle class.
  

  Tuhin Kanta Pandey addressing the post budget press conference

• He further helped draft a new Income Tax Bill to replace the well-established Income Tax Act of 1961.

• As the Finance Secretary, he has worked toward lowering the import duties on high-end motorcycles in India.

• On 27 February 2025, the Government of India appointed Tuhin Kanta Pandey as the 11th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a 3-year term, replacing Madhabi Puri Buch, the first female chairperson of SEBI.

• He is multilingual and is proficient in various languages including English, Hindi, Oriya, and Punjabi.