Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Pinaki Chandra Ghose (born 28 May 1952) is currently the Lokpal of India since 23 March 2019. He is a retired[3][4] judge of the Supreme Court of India.[5] Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, he had served as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and before that, as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court. At the time of appointment he was a member of the National Human Rights Commission. During his tenure as the judge of the High Court at Calcutta, he was the Executive Chairman of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority and the Andaman and Nicobar Legal Services Authority. He was also appointed a member of the National Legal Services Authority.

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh Lokpal
1st Lokpal of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2019
Nominated by	Statutory High-Level Selection Panel (committee) or Body
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Position established
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 8 March 2013 – 27 May 2017[1]
Nominated by	Altamas Kabir
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-28) 28 May 1952 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Mrs Debjani Ghose
Children	Dr. Sanjukta Sahai (daughter) Mr. Soumabho Ghose (son)
Education	B.Com; LLB; Attorney at Law, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Purulia
Alma mater	St. Xavier's College, Kolkata[2] Hazra Law College, University of Calcutta

Justice Ghose has had along standing association with The Ramakrishna Mission. He had his schooling at The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth at Deogarh and Purulia. Justice Ghose serves as a Vice President of the Institute of Culture, Golpark. He is the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Belur Vidyamandir - B.Ed College.

He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National University of Juridical Sciences at Calcutta as the nominee of the Chief Justice of India.

Justice Ghose as the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh was also the Chancellor of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research.

He was appointed as the first Lokpal of India on 19 March 2019[6] and President of India administered oath to him on 23 March 2019.[7] He will remain at the post till 70 years of his age or up to maximum 5 years whichever is earlier.

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is son of Late Shri Justice Sambhu Chandra Ghose, former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. He is a fifth generation lawyer from a renowned family of Lawyers. Hara Chandra Ghose, who became the first Indian Chief Judge of the Sadar Dewani Adalat at Calcutta in 1867, was a member of this family.[8]

Justice Ghose being felicitated at a neurosurgery conference in 2019