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|name = Deepak Sandhu<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|19|df=yes}}<br />
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|office = [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]]<br />
|term_start = 5 September 2013<br />
|term_end = 18 December 2013<br />
|predecessor = [[Satyananda Mishra]]<br />
|successor = [[Sushma Singh]]<br />
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'''Deepak Sandhu''' (born 19 December 1948) is an Indian journalist. She served as the chief information commissioner of the [[Central Information Commission]] of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cic.gov.in|title=Central Information Commission Official Site|publisher=Govt. Of India|accessdate=6 Sep 2013}}</ref><br />
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Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/deepak-sandhu-takes-oath-as-new-chief-information-commissioner/articleshow/22336120.cms |title=Deepak Sandhu takes oath as new Chief Information Commissioner - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}}</ref> when she succeeded [[Satyananda Mishra]] on 5 September 2013. She is an Indian Information Service officer of the 1971 batch.<ref>{{cite web|author=Pti - New Delhi |url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Deepak-Sandhu-tipped-to-be-next-CIC/2013/08/28/article1756631.ece |title=Deepak Sandhu tipped to be next CIC |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2013-08-28 |accessdate=2013-09-05}}</ref><br />
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==Brief career==<br />
Deepak Sandhu enjoyed the privilege of being administered the oath of office as the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission by the President of [[India]], [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<br />
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Prior to taking the portfolio, she worked in posts like principal director general (Media and Communications) [[Press Information Bureau]], director general [[DD News]] and director general (News) [[All India Radio]]. She was appointed information commissioner in 2009.<br />
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She has traveled extensively across the world representing India on varied issues, including international film festivals hosted in [[Cannes]], [[Berlin]], [[Venice]] and [[Tokyo]], the International Conference on Terrorism and Electronic Mass Media at [[Gelendzhik]], [[Russia]] and [[Cyprus]], and the heads of news meetings at [[Atlanta]], [[United States|U.S.A.]], and [[Beijing]].<ref name=ndtv>{{cite web|title=Deepak Sandhu takes oath as new Chief Information Commissioner|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/deepak-sandhu-takes-oath-as-new-chief-information-commissioner-414808|publisher=ndtv.com|accessdate=24 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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