Ravneet Kaur takes charge as chairperson of Competition Commission of India

Ravneet Kaur on Tuesday took charge as the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India, becoming the first woman to hold the post on a full-time basis. Kaur, a 1988 Punjab cadre IAS officer, will be the fifth full-time Chairperson of the fair trade regulator, which started functioning in 2009.

“Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman had sworn in Smt. Ravneet Kaur as Chairperson, Competition Commission of India, & Smt. Ravneet Kaur took charge of the office of Chairperson, CCI, today i.e., on 23rd May 2023. #CCI,” the regulator said in a tweet.