The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday (07.03.2024) announced the appointment of retired Director General of Police (DGP) Rajkumar Vishwakarma (Retd.IPS:1988:UP) as the new Chief Information Commissioner of the state.
Additionally, the state government appointed 10 Information Commissioners, including five with a background in the media. The media professionals appointed to the role are Mohd Nadeem, Virendra Pratap Singh, Rajendra Singh, Swatantra Prakash, and PN Dwivedi.
The remaining Information Commissioners include former Deputy Inspector General Sudhir Kumar Singh, Girijesh Kumar Chaudhary, a retired Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer, Shakuntala Gautam, a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Dileep Kumar Agnihotri, Associate Professor at Vidyant Hindu College Lucknow, and Rakesh Kumar, a lawyer.
