Wajahat Habibullah, who resigned as Chief Information Commissioner, tells Forbes India that bureaucrats are slowly becoming more transparent
Name: Wajahat Habibullah
Title: Chief Information Commissioner of the Indian government (resigned in October 2009)
Age: 65
Career: Deputy Commissioner Poonch and Srinagar J&K 1973-77, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir 1990-91 & 93, Minister, Community Affairs and Education, Embassy of India, Washington DC 1994-99, Secretary to Govt of India Consumer Affairs (2003), Chief Information Commissioner of India since 2005
Education: BA (Hons) History , St. Stephens College, Delhi University, MA History Delhi University, graduated IAS 1968
Interests: Riding horses, theatre, painting, ornithology, music including singing (tenor), reading
(This story appears in the 04 December, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)