Anup Wadhawan is former Commerce Secretary for the

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who retired in June 2021 . An IAS officer of the 1985 batch of the

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cadre, Wadhawan received a bachelor's degree from

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and followed it up with a postgraduate degree from

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. He earned a PhD from Duke University. Wadhawan has served both central in various roles at Department of Commerce,

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, Department of Financial Services, Department of Economic Affairs, and

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