Anil Agrawal resigns as CCI member

Anil Agrawal has resigned as a member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and demitted office on July 14, ending his three-year tenure at the antitrust regulator.

Agrawal joined the CCI in September 2023. Announcing his departure in a LinkedIn post, he expressed gratitude to the Central government for giving him the opportunity to serve at the Commission.

“It has been a privilege to be associated with this important institution, which plays a vital role in promoting fair competition, protecting consumer welfare, and supporting innovation-led growth in the Indian economy,” he said.

Agrawal described his tenure at the CCI as a valuable phase in a public service career spanning policing, governance, technology, development of the startup ecosystem, digital commerce and competition regulation.

A 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, Agrawal served in the police force for nearly 35 years. In March and April 2023, he served as Director General in the Uttar Pradesh Police, heading its training and telecommunications departments.

As Additional Director General of Police for Information Technology, Electronics, Cybercrime and Communication Systems between April 2015 and August 2017, Agrawal conceptualised and commissioned UP100, the State police’s emergency management system.

He also served as Director of Traffic in Uttar Pradesh and conceptualised an integrated traffic management system for 12 cities. He was Member Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board between December 2012 and September 2014.

Agrawal served with the Sashastra Seema Bal for nearly six years, first as Deputy Inspector General and subsequently as Inspector General. Earlier in his policing career, he served as Senior Superintendent of Police in the Special Task Force and in Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Faizabad.

Agrawal later spent over five years at the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

At the DPIIT, he was responsible for the Startup India and Make in India initiatives as well as the leather and cement sectors. He was also closely associated with the creation of the Open Network for Digital Commerce.

Agrawal holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Before joining the Indian Police Service, he worked as a software engineer at Engineers India Limited between 1984 and 1987.