Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Saturday, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.President Ram Nath Kovind has administered the oath of office to Sinha as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said.
The post had been lying vacant for over two months after Bimal Julka completed his term on August 26.Sinha, a former diplomat, joined as the Information Commissioner on January 1, 2019. He has served as India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
Sinha, aged 62, will have a tenure of about three years as the CIC.A CIC and Information Commissioner are appointed for a tenure of five years or till they attain the age of 65 years.
Sinha was short-listed for the post by a three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Besides Modi, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Home Minister Amit Shah are members of the panel.
