DEA's Ajay Seth Gets Additional Charge Of Revenue Secretary As Tuhin Kanta Pandey Moves To SEBI

Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth has been given the additional charge of revenue secretary, according to an official notice issued on Saturday.

The appointment comes a couple of days after Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the incumbent revenue secretary, was announced as the chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Seth, a career bureaucrat, was earlier given the revenue secretary charge for an interim period in December 2024, following the appointment of then Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as the Reserve Bank of India Governor.

Seth, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Karnataka cadre, has 33 years of experience in the domains of public finance and social sector administration. He has dealt with matters related to budget, tax policy, foreign investments, bilateral and multilateral financial cooperation, development financing, and public-private-partnerships.

Seth had previously held various positions in the Karnataka government including additional chief secretary of health and family welfare and commissioner of commercial taxes. He was also an adviser with the Asian Development Bank.

He is a recipient of Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2013, being a member of the team for “transformation of commercial tax administration in Karnataka”. In terms of education, Seth holds a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA.