The finance ministry has invited applications to appoint the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India( Sebi) to succeed Ajay Tyagi, whose five-year term comes to an end in February. Tyagi, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Sebi chairman on March 1, 2017, for a period of three years.... Subsequently, he was given a six-month extension and later in August 2020, tenure was extended by 18 months.In a public notice dated October 28, the ministry