Pravin Srivastava appointed as India's third Chief Statistician

Pravin Srivastava appointment would take effect from the date of assumption of charge by him, said an official statement

Eight months after TCA Anant demitted office, the government has appointed 58-year-old Pravin Srivastava, a senior officer with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), chief statistician of India (CSI).

Srivastava’s tenure will be a little less than two years, till August 31, 2020. 

His appointment would take effect from the date of assumption of charge by him, said an official statement. 

The 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer has worked in the ministries of statistics and health in various positions, and briefly in the Union Public Service Commission, in his 35-year career. He was a secretary to the Indian