Vijai Sharma

Vijai Sharma was a retired Indian [Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer] of 1974 batch from Uttar Pradesh cadre who served as the Chief [Information Commissioner of India] in 2015 and before that he served as the Secretary to [the Government of India|Environment Secretary of India] and Joint Secretary in Ministry of Environment and Forests of India. He played a key role in the working and development of Kyoto Protocol.

Education

Vijai Sharma completed his undergraduation and LLB from Lucknow University and held an LLM from UCL in London and his other LLM from Harvard University.

Death

Sharma died 18 July 2025 while visiting his son in California.