DEA secretary Shaktikanta Das joins Sebi board

Das has replaced Manoj Joshi as nominee of Finance Ministry

Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das at PHD International Tax Conference on Global Tax Issues & Recent Developments in New Delhi on Friday, 21 August 2015 Picture by PTI
Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das at PHD International Tax Conference on Global Tax Issues & Recent Developments in New Delhi on Friday, 21 August 2015 <b>Picture by PTI</b>
Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 01 2015 | 1:16 PM IST
Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das has joined the board of capital markets regulator Sebi.

Das has replaced Manoj Joshi as nominee of the Finance Ministry on Sebi's board. Joshi is currently Joint Secretary (Capital Markets) in the ministry.

Das has also been nominated to the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank.

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He is a 1980-batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Other members on the board are Sebi chairman U K Sinha and the regulator's whole time members -- Rajeev Kumar Agarwal, Prashant Saran and S Raman.

Tapan Ray, secretary at Ministry of Corporate Affairs and R Gandhi, Deputy Governor at Reserve Bank, too are on the board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

Meanwhile, Sinha's current tenure will end in February, although he is eligible for a one-year extension on age criteria.
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First Published: Nov 01 2015 | 1:07 PM IST

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