Rishi Ram

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Rishi Ram is a Fijian civil servant and former diplomat of Indian descent. On 15 January 2007, he became Chairman of the Public Service Commission. He was the first ethnic Indian to head the PSC.

Ram served as Deputy Secretary of the PSC from June 1990 to April 1993. He was Secretary for Women and Multi-Ethnic Affairs from 1993 to 1994, and for Urban Housing and Development from 1994 to 2001, when he served briefly as Ambassador to Japan, until 2002. He served again as Secretary for Women from 2002 to 2004.

Ram is a graduate of the University of the South Pacific, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in management and sociology.

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