Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar

Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar
11th Chairman, Union Public Service Commission of India
In office
May 1971 – February 1973
Preceded byK. R. Damle
Succeeded byA. R. Kidwai
Personal details
Born1908
Died2000
NationalityIndian
OccupationBureaucrat

Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar, I.A.S. (1908–2000) was an Indian bureaucrat and civil servant. He was the 11th chairman of the Union Public Service Commission of India from May 1971 to February 1973.[1][2] He served as the Law Secretary of Government of India. He has authored various books and articles in various journals related to law which have been referred to by other academics.[3][4] In 1973-74, Sarkar was part of the committee set by All India Panchayat Parishad, along with S. K. Dey and headed by Laxmi Mall Singhvi. The committee's report helped in granting the constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj.[5] He studied at Presidency University, Kolkata.

  1. ^ "List of Former Chairmen and Members of the Commission - upsc". U.P.S.C. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ N. D. Arora (2011). Political Science. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 10. ISBN 9780071074780.
  3. ^ K. Balasankaran Nair (2004). Law of Contempt of Court in India. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 60. ISBN 9788126903597.
  4. ^ S. L. Goel (2003). Public Administration: Theory and Practice. Deep and Deep Publications. p. 440. ISBN 9788176294164. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ Laxmi Mall Singhvi (2012). Diplomacy & Diaspora. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 202. ISBN 9788184301281.