New Delhi, May 15 -- Former Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar took charge as Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairman on Thursday.

The Oath was administered by Lt General Raj Shukla (Retd), the senior-most Member of the Commission.

According to UPSC, having pursued a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Dr Ajay Kumar has done his MS in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA and PhD in Business Administration from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA.

He was also conferred a Doctor of Philosophy by Amity University in 2019. Ajay Kumar belongs to the 1985 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Kerala Cadre.

During his illustrious career of ...