Arvind Saxena appointed as new chairman of UPSC
President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Arvind Saxena as the new chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts examinations to select diplomats, bureaucrats and police officers. The 1978-batch Indian Postal Service officer was serving as acting chairman since June and had joined the UPSC as a member in 2015. He was earlier Director of the Aviation Research Centre.