Investment expert Puri Buch gets a year more as Sebi's whole time member

Athe only female board member at Sebi, she oversees portfolios such as surveillance, collective investment schemes and investment management

Madhabi Puri Buch has got a one-year extension as whole-time member (WTM) at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

“The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the extension in the term of appointment of Madhabi Puri Buch as WTM Sebi for a further period of one year beyond October 4, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” said the government in a notification.

Puri Buch, the only female board member at Sebi, oversees portfolios such as surveillance, collective investment schemes and investment management. An alumna of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Buch has nearly three decades of