Former Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua (Retd.IAS:1988:AM) was appointed by the Centre as Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Jishnu Barua will succeed PK Pujari, whose extended tenure at the CERC ended in June 2022. For nearly eight months after his term ended, the CERC was without a chief, until Barua’s appointment was announced.
The Union power ministry put forward the name of Jishnu Barua to be appointed as the new chairperson of CERC and it was approved and notified by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on February 23.
Barua retired as Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam in August last year. He was appointed to the position in October 2020. Prior to that, he had worked in various capacities in both the Assam and the central government.
