PJ Thomas appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner
New Delhi: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday appointed former Telecom Secretary PJ Thomas as India's 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner. Thomas was sworn in at a ceremony
at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Thomas holds a Master's Degree in physics and economics
and has done a one-year course in public administration at the International Institute
of Public Administration, Paris. He is proficient in French, English, Hindi and
Malayalam. Thomas has held important assignments in the Government of Kerala as
Secretary in Finance, Industry, Agriculture, Law and Justice and Human Resource
Development Departments. He was the Founder Director of Indian Institute of Management,
Kozhikode. He became Chief Secretary of Kerala in 2007 and moved to Government
of India as Secretary in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs in January 2009. He
has been Secretary in Department of Telecommunication since October 2009 and is
credited with steering 3G auction, which created a new bench mark in the country.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Union
Home Minister P Chidambaram, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, Minister of
State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan attended
the swearing-in amongst others.
