Ajay Bhushan Pandey


Ajay Bhushan Pandey is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Maharashtra cadre. He is the current of India. He was former chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India, the nodal agency of Government of India responsible for implementing Aadhaar. He is also holding the additional charge as the current chairman of GSTN, Goods and Services Tax Network, India.

Education

Pandey is a graduate in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He also has postgraduate and doctorate degrees in computer science from the University of Minnesota.

Career

Pandey has served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra, like as Principal Secretary, the managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation, secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Deputy Commissioner and as the district magistrate and collector of a district in the Maharashtra government; and as the chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network, director general and mission director in UIDAI, deputy director general in UIDAI, and as a deputy secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Indian government.

Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India

Pandey was appointed as the chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India by the prime minister-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in May 2016, he assumed office on 31 May 2016.
In June 2017, after Pandey's promotion, the status of CEO of UIDAI was upgraded to be equivalent to a secretary to the Government of India from additional secretary to the Government of India.

Chairperson of the Goods and Service Tax Network

Pandey was given the additional charge of chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Network by the ACC in September 2017. He assumed office on 10 September 2017..