The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Chairman, Ajay Kumar, will hold a first-of-its-kind live town hall. For the first time ever, the UPSC Chairman will directly interact with government job aspirants across the country.
This interaction with the aspirants will be held in form of a virtual town hall, which will be live telecasted at DD News. “In a first-of-its-kind initiative, DD News is hosting a Live Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Ajay Kumar, Chairman UPSC, to directly interact with aspirants and citizens across India,” an official LinkedIn post from UPSC informed aspirants.
The virtual town hall will take place from 12 pm to 1 pm on October 1, 2025 (Wednesday). Interested aspirants will be able to watch the live telecast at DD News YouTube channel, i.e. ‘youtube.com/@ddnews’. To participate, civil services aspirants need to send their questions (video or text) via email to email id: [email protected]. These questions have to be sent between September 28 and 10 am of September 30, 2025.
People can also ask questions live during the session on X (Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn using the hashtag, ‘#AskChairmanUPSC’.
“This event marks the launch of UPSC’s Centenary Year Celebrations (2025-2026) and provides a unique platform to seek clarifications about the UPSC examination process, gain insights on ongoing reforms & innovations and engage directly with the UPSC Chairman,” the LinkedIn post stated. “This is a rare opportunity for everyone, to hear from the Chairman UPSC, about the most prestigious examination process in the Country.”
The UPSC conducts several examinations to select officers for the government of India. Prominent among them is the civil services examination, conducted annually to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
UPSC is celebrating 100 years of establishment, i.e. the centenary year. The Public Service Commission was established on October 1, 1926, following the Government of India Act, 1919, and the Lee Commission recommendations. It was later known as the Federal Public Service Commission (1937) and was renamed the Union Public Service Commission upon the adoption of the Indian Constitution on January 26, 1950.
The year-long celebration will run from October 1, 2025, to October 1, 2026. As a part of this celebration, UPSC is also celebrating a CoE to act as a central repository of best practices for UPSC and State Public Service Commissions (PSCs).