According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, Patel was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner by President Droupadi Murmu, in a ceremony also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu.
A former Managing Director and CEO of Andhra Bank, Patel was appointed a Vigilance Commissioner in April 2020.
A three-member selection panel, headed by the Prime Minister, had met in July to decide on the CVC and vigilance commissioners.
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The other two members of the panel are the Union Home Minister and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.
The appointment comes a year after the post fell vacant and his appointment as the CVC was cleared by a selection committee headed by the Prime Minister.
Two other Vigilance Commissioners are Praveen Kumar Srivastava and Arvinda Kumar.
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