Mona Mohanty, IRS (Civil Code: 91013), a 1991-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service, is presently serving as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh), Bhopal. She assumed charge of the office on 9 April 2026.
Born in Kolkata and hailing from Odisha, she possesses an illustrious academic background, having earned a B.A. (Hons.) from Lady Shri Ram College, followed by an M.A. and M.Phil. in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, she has served in various important capacities across Kolkata, Delhi, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. Her key assignments include Under Secretary in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), and Principal Commissioner of Income Tax.
Apart from her administrative achievements, she is an accomplished writer and author. An avid traveller, she has explored diverse regions of India and recently compiled her literary reflections into a published work.
Shri Bijoy Kumar Panda is an officer of 1992 Batch of Indian Revenue Service. Born on 19.07.1967, the officer has done his graduation in Science (Honours) and Masters in Personnel Management. Shri Bijoy Kumar Panda took over charge of The Director General of Income Tax(Inv.), Bhopal, on 24.07.2025. He has worked in various positions in the states of Gujarat, Odisha, Karnataka & Goa, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. He has the rich experience of working in most of the verticals such as Assessment, Investigation, Hq.Administration, TDS, ITAT, DRP, Appeals etc. He has worked as a member of the core team for setting up of the CPC at Bangalore. The officer received National E-governance Gold Award for his contribution for operationalization of CPC for ITR processing. The officer was awarded with ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by the Hon’ble Finance Minister for contribution in conceptualizing and implementing the exemplary initiative of “Easy Tax compliance through quality services” for which the CBDT was conferred the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. He was posted as Pr.CIT in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry region before joining as DGIT(Inv) at Bhopal on promotion.
Shri Sanjiv, IRS, serves as the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Raipur. He belongs to the 1993 batch of the Indian Revenue Service. Armed with an M.Phil. from the Delhi School of Economics, he launched a three-decade career reshaping tax administration, economic security, and digital trade.His early years in the Income Tax Department focused on high-stakes financial investigations, earning national recognition in the CBDT’s ‘Let Us Share’. He also took charge of e-Nivaran, modernising public grievance redressal. Later, from 2015 to 2020, he served as Director General of the State Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in Rajasthan, where he dismantled massive tax evasion rings and exposed complex shell networks.Recognising his strategic vision, the Central Government appointed him Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In this role, he became the administrative architect of Startup India, expanding venture access for entrepreneurs. He also helped design national digital trade frameworks while serving on the Board of Directors for the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).In March 2026, he returned to his parent cadre to lead fiscal administration across his current jurisdiction, blending enforcement grit with digital foresight.
Shri Ram Kumar Yadav is an officer from 2006 Batch of Indian Revenue Service. He taken over the charge of Commissioner of Income Tax (Admin & TPS), Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Region on 30.04.2025. In his career spanning over 17 years, the Officer has worked in various capacities in Assessment, Central, Investigation, TDS, Head Quarters, ITAT and in Faceless & JAO charges in the MP & CG and Pune Regions. Before his selection in Indian Revenue Service, Shri Ram Kumar Yadav has also worked in the State Government of Uttar Pradesh for around 9.5 years.
Dr Seem is a serving officer of the Indian Revenue Service (1992 Batch). He is medical graduate from Delhi University (1990) and law graduate from Lucknow University (2021). He is gold medalist diploma holder in Public Policy & Management from Management Development Institute, Gurugram, Haryana (2013) and is presently a part time Ph.D. scholar at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the stream of Information Systems for Health Care in India. Dr Seem has also trained at IIM Ahmedabad, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), Duke University (North Carolina), Sciences Po, (Paris), Hertie School of Governance (Berlin) and University of Indonesia (Bali).
Dr Seem has served on inter departmental deputations at senior positions in the public systems for health care including steering the reform agenda and architectural corrections in the health sector at the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) as Director in Ministry of Health, Govt of India. In this period, he was also leading the Advisory Group on Community Action in partnership with the Population Foundation of India.
He started and headed the “Health Systems Support Unit” at the Public Health Foundation of India where he steered the “National Initiative on Allied Health Services”. Dr Seem has also served the state Government of Delhi as Mission Director of the State Health Mission, holding additional charges of Director Health Services and as Secretary (Health & Family Welfare). He mentored the program for assured access to free essential medicines at Delhi hospitals and the Mohalla Clinics project, both widely recognized as pathbreaking public service initiatives in the health sector. The health system transformation in Delhi state, led by Dr Seem has been subject of intense academic and media attention.
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