Mr. Sumit Bose joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1976. He served in various positions with the Government of Madhya Pradesh and the Government of India, before retiring as the Union Finance Secretary, Government of India.

Mr. Bose acts as an Independent Director of various other companies and has chaired number of committees of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Defence of Government of India. In the Finance Ministry, he served as Secretary (Department of Revenue), Secretary (Expenditure) and Secretary (Disinvestment) as well as Secretary in the Thirteenth Finance Commission. Post retirement, he was a member of the Expenditure Management Commission and the Committee to Review the Fiscal Responsibility Legislation. He also chaired number of committees of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Defense of Government of India. He also served on the Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and BSE Limited.

He has completed his Master of Science in Social Policy and Planning from London School of Economics and Master of Arts in History from University of Delhi.