Upma Chawdhry, a retired 1983-batch IAS officer from Himachal cadre, has been appointed Chairman of the Metropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE). She is the first woman to be appointed Chairperson of any Market Infrastructure Institution. Her appointment has been approved by SEBI as Chairperson of the Governing Board of MSE.
Chawdhry, born in 1959, has had a distinguished administrative career of over 35 years. She was also the first woman Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, in 2016. She retired from service in December 2020.
Both Upma, and her husband Vineet Chawdhry, who remained Chief Secretary in Himachal, hail from Jalandhar. She has three-decade rich administrative and governance experience across key areas.
