TOP 10 Reasons WHY Manoj Soni Resigns, UPSC Chairman, 10 Controversies
The Union Public Service Commission chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons. UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni Tenders Resigns Citing 'Personal Reasons'(Photo Credit: https://msubaroda.ac.in)New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons. However, the resignation has not yet been accepted, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) sources to ANI.
A scholar of political science with specialisation in international relations, Soni, 59, took over as a member of the Commission on June 28, 2017. He took oath as the UPSC chairman on May 16, 2023. His term was scheduled to end on May 15, 2029. The latest development comes after the Commission on Friday said it has lodged a criminal case against Khedkar for faking her identity to fraudulently avail attempts in the civil services examination beyond eligibility, and taken steps to debar her from future selections.
Prior to his appointment as a UPSC chairman, Soni served three terms as Vice-Chancellor. These include two consecutive terms as Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) from August 1 2009 through July 31, 2015, and one term as Vice-Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (The MSU of Baroda) from April 2005 to April 2008.
In 2013, Soni was conferred with the rare honour of “Honorary Mayor-President of the City of Baton Rouge” by the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A., for his exemplary leadership in empowering disadvantaged section of society with IT literacy. In 2015, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London, U.K., honoured Dr. Soni with the World Education Congress Global Award for Distance Learning Leadership.
“Dr. Soni’s doctoral research is on the “Post-Cold War International Systemic Transition and Indo-U.S. Relations”. This is one of the earliest and one-of-its-kind studies during 1992 and 1995. It attempted to explain the post-Cold War systemic transition through a conceptual framework that has potent predictive capabilities,” reads a statement on the official website of UPSC.
07-20-2024, 06:12 AM
TOP 10 Reasons WHY Manoj Soni Resigns, UPSC Chairman, 10 Controversies
