this retired ias officer has served as the election commissioner of india between 1990 and 1996
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T. N. Seshan Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan is a retired 1955 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India. He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990–96), who reformed elections by largely ending its malpractices in the country. and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India. An Indian Administrative Service officer, he earlier served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996. Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was born on
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T. N. Seshan Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan is a retired 1955 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India. He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990–96), who reformed elections by largely ending its malpractices in the country. and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India. An Indian Administrative Service officer, he earlier served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996. Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was born on
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Poll changes ushered in by him would often pit the political class and their media cronies not just against each other, but also against him, the election watchdog, getting labelled, in turn as - "Al-Seshan (Alsatian)" so much so, that electoral 'battles' would be dubbed by them as: Implementation of the law in election process : Elimination of several malpractices like : T. N. Seshan Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan is a retired 1955 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India. He was the 10th Chief Election
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T. S. R. Subramanian v. Union of India T. S. R. Subramanian versus Union of India and Ors., an Indian public interest civil writ petition filed before the Supreme Court of India and decided in October 2013, is considered one of the landmark cases in Indian legal history. The case was filed as a public interest civil writ petition by T. S. R. Subramanian, retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Cabinet Secretary; T. S. Krishnamurthy, retired IAS officer and former Chief Election Commissioner; N. Gopalaswami, retired IAS officer and former Chief Election Commissioner; Abid Hussain, retired IAS officer
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Achal Kumar Jyoti Achal Kumar Jyoti (IAST: "Acala Kumāra Jayotī") (Born 23 January 1953) is a retired 1975 IAS officer of Gujarat cadre who served as 21st Chief Election Commissioner of India from 6 July 2017 to 23 January 2018. Achal Kumar Jyoti has graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Chemistry. Apart from serving as the Chief Election Commissioner of India. Achal Kumar Jyoti served as one of the Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India before his appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has also served in key positions for both Gujarat and Union
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1 September 2017.. On 26 November 2018, it was announced that Arora was would become the Chief Election Commissioner in December 2018, succeeding Om Prakash Rawat. Sunil Arora Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) is the current and 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries. Arora's father is a retired accounts officer of the Indian Railways, whereas his mother served in DAV College, Hoshiarpur. Of his two brothers, one is also an IAS
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retirement of Achal Kumar Jyoti, Rawat was announced to be the next Chief Election Commissioner on 21 January 2018. Rawat assumed charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India on 23 January 2018. He retired from the post on 1st December 2018 on attaining 65 years of age. Om Prakash Rawat Om Prakash Rawat (IAST: "Oma Prakāśa Rāvata"; born 2 December 1953) is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has also served as one of the twoElection Commissioners of India and the
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Sunil Arora Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) is the current and 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries. Arora's father is a retired accounts officer of the Indian Railways, whereas his mother served in DAV College, Hoshiarpur. Of his two brothers, one is also an IAS officer, whereas, the other is a diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service. Arora has graduate (BA Honours) and postgraduate (MA) degrees in English from Panjab University
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Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi served as 20th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of 1976 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Zaidi possesses a master's degree in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has been a Mason Fellow for Public Policy at Harvard Institute for International Development. Dr. Zaidi has served as the Permanent Representative of India on the Council of ICAO from November 2005 to October 2008. He has served as the Director General of Civil Aviation. He retired from IAS as Secretary to the Government
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Om Prakash Rawat Om Prakash Rawat (IAST: "Oma Prakāśa Rāvata"; born 2 December 1953) is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has also served as one of the twoElection Commissioners of India and the Public Enterprise Secretary of India. Rawat is a graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) in physics from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (BHU), and has postgraduate degree (MSc) in social development planning, which he did in 1989 in the United Kingdom. Rawat served in various positions for both the
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Sushma Singh Sushma Singh is the fifth Chief Information Commissioner of India. She succeeded Deepak Sandhu and became the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner . She is a former IAS officer belonging to the Jharkhand cadre.She retired from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on May 31, 2009. She has served at various Secretarial positions in the Government of India namely Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER). Singh became Information Commissioner on September 23, 2009 in the Central
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Information Commission. Sushma Singh Sushma Singh is the fifth Chief Information Commissioner of India. She succeeded Deepak Sandhu and became the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner . She is a former IAS officer belonging to the Jharkhand cadre.She retired from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on May 31, 2009. She has served at various Secretarial positions in the Government of India namely Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER). Singh became Information Commissioner on September 23, 2009 in
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then, with the decisions being made by a majority vote. The Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners who are usually retired IAS officers draw salaries and allowances as per with those of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India as per the "Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992". The commission is served by its secretariat located in New Delhi. The Election Commissioners are assisted by Deputy Election Commissioners, who are generally IAS officers. They are further assisted by Directors General, Principal Secretaries, and Secretaries and Under Secretaries. At the state level,
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removed from office via impeachment by both houses of the Indian parliament. The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier. The current state election commissioner is Manoj Kumar, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch. Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission The State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh (SEC UP; IAST: ), commonly known as the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission, is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for urban and rural local bodies—the constitutionally mandated third-tier of government in India—in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
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of the rural electrification corporation, Mr. Phatak retired from service on 31 March 2015 after more than three and a half decades. Earlier Maharashtra government had suspended IAS officers Jairaj Phatak and Pradeep Vyas for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing society scam. Jairaj Phatak Jairaj Moreshwar Phatak, an IAS officer of 1978 batch, served as the 25th municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India from May 2007 to October 2009 and he is known for encyclopedic knowledge and sharp replies. He succeeded Johny Joseph as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai in May 2007. Earlier, he served
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India (forthcoming “Journal of Modeling of States”). 3. Policy options for Sustainable Development – An Analysis. 4. Several articles on Environmental & related issues in House Journals. 1. Member of American Economic Association. 2. Member of Indian Administrative Service. 3. Member of International Indian Economic Association. C. V. S. K. Sarma Dr. C. V. S. K. Sarma (born 1953) is an economist and a retired IAS officer (1980 batch) with exceptional public service record. He served as an IAS officer from 1980 to 2013, and retired as the Agriculture Production Commissioner & Spl. Chief Secretary to Government, Agriculture & Coop.
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National Congress claimed that ECI ignored the sitting Prime Minister, Narendra Modi along with Amit Shah (BJP Party chief) and Arun Jaitley (Finance Minister) for violating Code of conduct on several occasions. With just two days left in office, he recommended disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs' of Delhi Assembly. Achal Kumar Jyoti Achal Kumar Jyoti (IAST: "Acala Kumāra Jayotī") (Born 23 January 1953) is a retired 1975 IAS officer of Gujarat cadre who served as 21st Chief Election Commissioner of India from 6 July 2017 to 23 January 2018. Achal Kumar Jyoti has graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc)
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a retired IAS officer and diplomat, who was the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. As a former IAS officer he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts. He was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for Vice President of India 2017 elections and lost with 244 votes against NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu, who got 516 votes. His paternal grandfather was Mahatma Gandhi
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S. Y. Quraishi Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi (born 11 June 1947) served as 17th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. He was appointed as the CEC as the successor to Navin Chawla on 30 July 2010. He has also served as a Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He is an IAS officer of the 1971 batch from Haryana cadre. He has a Ph.D. in Communications and Social marketing. Quraishi became the first Muslim to be the CEC of India. He demitted office on 10 June 2012. He has authored a book titled 'An Undocumented Wonder - the
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is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, who is in turn assisted by an additional commissioner; three joint commissioners; two officers on special duty, one of whom also acts the head of department (HoD); a secretary; and two deputy election commissioners. The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the governor of Uttar Pradesh on the chief minister's aid and advise and has the same immunity as a high court judge and therefore, can only be
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Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992". Election Commissioner of India Election Commissioners of India are members of Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures. The Election Commissioners are usually retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. Until 1989, the commission was a single member body, but later two additional Election Commissioners were added. Thus, the Election Commission currently consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. The decisions of the commission are taken by a majority vote.Sunil Arorais the current Chief
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Election Commissioner of India Election Commissioners of India are members of Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures. The Election Commissioners are usually retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. Until 1989, the commission was a single member body, but later two additional Election Commissioners were added. Thus, the Election Commission currently consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. The decisions of the commission are taken by a majority vote.Sunil Arorais the current Chief Election Commissioner and the other two are Ashok Lavasa Originally in
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administrative tribunals, such as the National Green Tribunal and the Central Administrative Tribunal, as well as chiefs of regulators including the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Reserve Bank of India. If a serving IAS officer is appointed to a constitutional post such as Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Chief Election Commissioner of India or chairperson of UPSC or as head of a statutory authority, such as the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women or the Central Information Commission, he or she is deemed to have retired from
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as an IAS officer, Lavasa taught literature in the Delhi University. He also had a stint with the State Bank of India as a probationary officer. Lavasa has served in key positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Haryana, like as Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner (Renewable Energy Sources), Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner (Power), Chief Coordinator (Industries), resident commissioner of Haryana, managing director of Haryana State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills (HSFCOSML), director of Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC), managing director of Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC), and as the deputy commissioner and district magistrate
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soon to take office as the Chief Election Commissioner and to subsequently supervise the Lok Sabha Election, citing his partisan behavior in favor of one political party. The President opined that such a recommendation is not binding on the President, and hence rejected it. Subsequently, after Gopalswami's retirement the next month, Chawla became the Chief Election Commissioner and supervised the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections. The Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners who are usually retired IAS officers draw salaries and allowances at par with those of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India as per the "Chief
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on 25 May 2013 and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from the service on 24 May 2015. RK Mathur was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC), heading the Central Information Commission (CIC), by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 18 December 2015. He took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner on 5 January 2016. He retired from the post on 24 November 2018. R. K. Mathur Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre. He retired as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC) in November
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Narinder Nath Vohra Narinder Nath Vohra (born 5May1936), popularly referred as N. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12thgovernor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteenyears after Jagmohan. As an IAS officer, Vohra has also served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Home Secretary of India, Defence Secretary of India and Defence Production Secretary of India. From February2003 until he became the governor of the state, Vohra had been the Government of India's
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C. V. S. K. Sarma Dr. C. V. S. K. Sarma (born 1953) is an economist and a retired IAS officer (1980 batch) with exceptional public service record. He served as an IAS officer from 1980 to 2013, and retired as the Agriculture Production Commissioner & Spl. Chief Secretary to Government, Agriculture & Coop. Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was also the Vice Chancellor, A.P. Horticulture University before he retired. Born in Repalle, a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, he completed his early education from schools in the town. He thereafter joined Delhi
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University of Wales, United Kingdom. On superannuation Pradeep Kumar was appointed as chief vigilance commissioner(CVC) of India, a statutory appointment, who is head of the Central Vigilance Commission. He assumed the office from 31 July 2011. The CVC has a fixed term of four years or till that age of 65, whichever is earlier. Pradeep Kumar (IAS) Pradeep Kumar is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, 1972 batch, of the Haryana cadre, who served as Defense Secretary, in the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, for a term of two years, from August 2009 to July 2011. He succeed
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Pradeep Kumar (IAS) Pradeep Kumar is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, 1972 batch, of the Haryana cadre, who served as Defense Secretary, in the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, for a term of two years, from August 2009 to July 2011. He succeed Vijay Singh, IAS, 1970 batch, who, on superannuation, was appointed as member of the UPSC. In July 2011, on superannuation, he was appointed as chief vigilance commissioner of India. Pradeep Kumar obtained a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Masters in Economics and Social Studies from the
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Rahul Bhatnagar Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar is a 1983 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Sports Secretary of India and Director General of Sports Authority of India. Rahul Bhatnagar has a graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Physics. He also has a postgraduate degree in Economics (MA:Economics) and a MPhil degree. Rahul Bhatnagar has served in various key positions for both Uttar Pradesh and Union Governments, like as the Chief Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner and Principal Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, Chairman of Greater Noida and Investment Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, Principal
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Mata Prasad Mata Prasad is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer. He was one of the first people from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to become an IAS officer. He is a former chairman of the Union Public Service Commission of India. He served as the chief secretary of the state of Uttar Pradesh from June 1995 to October 1996, thus becoming the first Scheduled Caste officer to head the state bureaucracy. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2012, for his contributions to civil service. Born in a scheduled
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Sarla Grewal Serla Grewal (October 4, 1927 – January 29, 2002) was the second female Indian Administrative Service officer in India, when she joined IAS in 1952. She was the Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1989–1990). She was the principal secretary for Rajiv Gandhi. In addition to the above-mentioned posts, she held Shimla's first deputy commissioner, Secretary to Prime Minister at WHO and UNICEF. Grewal did her bachelor's from Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya. After graduating, she joined IAS in 1952. Then in 1956, she was the Deputy Commissioner and was the first woman in India to be appointed to the
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of India in Ministry of Civil Aviation on 31 July 2012. The first election in his tenure was Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi served as 20th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of 1976 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Zaidi possesses a master's degree in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has been a Mason Fellow for Public Policy at Harvard Institute for International Development. Dr. Zaidi has served as the Permanent Representative of India on the Council of ICAO from November
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Election Commission is assisted by the Chief Electoral Officer of the State, who is an IAS officer of Principal Secretary rank. At the district and constituency levels, the District Magistrates (in their capacity as District Election Officers), Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers perform election work. The Chief Election Commissioner of India can be removed from his office similar to the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court of India which requires a resolution passed by the Parliament with a two-thirds majority in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the grounds of proved misbehavior or incapacity.
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Commissioner, Assam from 1980-82. He had another stint in Assam from 1990-92 before being posted to Union Home Ministry. A former IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Singh was posted in North Lakhimpur and Tezpur as a young district officer.He also held the posts of DC, Kamrup from 1973–75 and Home Commissioner, Assam from 1980-82. He had another stint in Assam from 1990-92 before being posted to Union Home Ministry. Over the past four decades, Shri B.P. Singh has held a variety of important positions within Assam as well as in the Government of India. He was Additional Secretary, Ministry of
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Shaktikanta Das Shaktikanta Das (born 26February1957) is a retired 1980batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Currently serving as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), he was earlier a member of the FifteenthFinance Commission of India and India's Sherpa to the G20. During his career as an IAS officer, Das served in various capacities for Indian and Tamil Nadu governments, including as Economic Affairs Secretary of India, Revenue Secretary of India, Fertilizers Secretary of India. Born in Bhubaneswar, Das was schooled at the Demonstration Multipurpose School, Bhubaneswar, and then obtained bachelor's (BA) and
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Finance after the retirement of Ratan Watal, Lavasa was designated as Finance Secretary in May 2016. Post-retirement, Lavasa was appointed as one of the two Election Commissioners of India in January 2018. Lavasa assumed charge as Election Commissioner on 23 January 2018. Ashok Lavasa Ashok Lavasa (IAST: ) (born 21 October 1957) is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Haryana cadre and is one of the two Election Commissioners of India. He has also served as the Finance Secretary of India, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India and Civil Aviation Secretary of India. Ashok Lavasa
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R. K. Mathur Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre. He retired as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC) in November 2018. Mathur had retired as the India's Defence Secretary, two years after being appointed to the post on 25 May 2013. He was also the Defence Production Secretary of India, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary of India and the Chief Secretary of Tripura. Mathur is a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi. He also holds
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IAS (Retd) has assumed office of the State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh on 01.04.2016 and he is currently holding the said post. The Government conferred the status of a Judge of High Court on the State Election Commissioner. The State Election Commissioner is assisted by a Secretary, who is a cadre officer (IAS), a Legal Advisor (District Judge rank) and one Joint Secretary. At present, the post of Secretary is vacant and Sri A.V. Satya Ramesh, Joint Secretary is holding full additional charge of the post of Secretary, A.P. State Election Commission w.e.f. 06.01.2015. The other senior official is
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Manish Gupta (politician) Manish Gupta is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He is also a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India). In this election he historically defeated 16,684 votes his former boss, the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years. He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu - a time when
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Professor - University of Lucknow. Adjunct Professor - Shakuntala Mishra University, Lucknow. (A university for the disabled) Adjunct Professor - BBD University, Lucknow. Also, served as the State Coordinator for INTACH. Alok Ranjan Alok Ranjan is a retired 1978 batch IAS officer from the U.P Cadre. He retired on 1 July 2016 after holding the office of Chief Secretary for the Government of Uttar Pradesh (the highest ranking Civil Service official in the State Government of Uttar Pradesh) for over two years. Prior to this he has held various portfolios including Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) and Agriculture Production
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Neela Satyanarayanan Neela Satyanarayanan is a retired IAS officer who was appointed as the first woman State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra. In the past, she held prominent positions in the fields of revenue, home, forest, social, information and publicity, medical, rural development and other departments of the government. Apart from this, she has made notable achievements in music and literature. Neela Satyanarayanan has penned 150 songs and composed music for several Marathi movies and two Bollywood movies. She is a recipient of several awards in the fields of literature and culture. Neela Satyanarayana Personal Website 5. A mother's story
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Neela Satyanarayanan Neela Satyanarayanan is a retired IAS officer who was appointed as the first woman State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra. In the past, she held prominent positions in the fields of revenue, home, forest, social, information and publicity, medical, rural development and other departments of the government. Apart from this, she has made notable achievements in music and literature. Neela Satyanarayanan has penned 150 songs and composed music for several Marathi movies and two Bollywood movies. She is a recipient of several awards in the fields of literature and culture. Neela Satyanarayana Personal Website 5. A mother's story
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Nripendra Misra Nripendra Misra (born 8March 1945) is a retired 1967batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer currently serving as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. He has also served as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Secretary of India and Fertilizers Secretary of India. Misra has ann MPA in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has a postgraduate degrees in chemistry and political science and public administration from the University of Allahabad. Misra served in various positions for both the Government of
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Police Headquarters as ADG Establishment, and then he took over as Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai in 2010. He currently is Ambassador of India in Saudi Arabia. He was earlier the Director General of Police (Home Guards). On December 12, 2015 Ahmad Javed was appointed India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, six months after last Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao had retired. Ahmad Javed comes from Lucknow. His father Mr. Qazi Mukhtar is a retired senior IAS officer. Ahmed Javed graduated in Bachelors in Arts from Delhi’s St Stephen’s College. Javed is married to Shabnam with whom he has two children, Amer
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of autonomous public institutions. Das assumed charge as RBI governor on 12December2018. Reactions of the markets to Das' appointment was positive, with BSE SENSEX gaining 629points and NIFTY 50 increasing by 188points. Shaktikanta Das Shaktikanta Das (born 26February1957) is a retired 1980batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Currently serving as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), he was earlier a member of the FifteenthFinance Commission of India and India's Sherpa to the G20. During his career as an IAS officer, Das served in various capacities for Indian and Tamil Nadu governments, including
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interlocutor in Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, for his contributors to the field civil service, in 2007. Vohra is a postgraduate (MA) and topper in English from Panjab University. Vohra also was a visiting fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Before being appointed an IAS officer, Vohra served as lecturer in the Panjab University. Vohra served in key positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Punjab, such as Secretary (Home), Commissioner and Secretary (Industries), Finance Commissioner, Commissioner (Urban Development), Secretary (Urban Development), Punjab's labour commissioner,
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Lucknow University, where she finished her Master of Arts. She went to pursue higher studies in Britain and gradually, became a part of the Indian Administrative Services. The first woman IAS officer of Independent India, Isha Basant Joshi was posted as Magistrate and then as Assistant Commissioner in Delhi. She has held many senior and honorable positions in various departments and became the Commissioner-cum-State-Editor of the District Gazette. She went on to serve in roles as senior roles in the Ministry of Education. Along with being an IAS officer, she used to do editing of a magazine simultaneously before retiring
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test his abilities, he sat for the Indian Police Service (for which the age of appearing, then, was only 20) and stood first in India in the 1954 batch. The very next year, he appeared and successfully joined the 1955 batch of IAS, having been placed among the top rankers. An officer of the IAS, he was Secretary of many departments in the Tamil Nadu and the union governments. He was Cabinet Secretary, the senior most position in the Indian civil service hierarchy, and Member, Planning Commission of India, before being appointed the Chief Election Commissioner. He contested for the
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Rajiv Mehrishi Rajiv Mehrishi (born 8 August 1955) is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1978 batch belonging to Rajasthan cadre. He is the current Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) and Chairman of United Nations Board of Auditors. He was appointed the Home Secretary of India on 31 August 2015. Prior to his appointment as the Home Secretary, he was the Finance Secretary. Prior to his stint as the Finance Secretary, he was the Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan. He is married to Mira (née Sahni) also an officer of the IAS, now retired. He has
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any state or union territorial government. During his tenure as principal secretary, Misra has been considered to be one of the most powerful bureaucrats in India. Nripendra Misra Nripendra Misra (born 8March 1945) is a retired 1967batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer currently serving as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. He has also served as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Secretary of India and Fertilizers Secretary of India. Misra has ann MPA in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has
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Jairaj Phatak Jairaj Moreshwar Phatak, an IAS officer of 1978 batch, served as the 25th municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India from May 2007 to October 2009 and he is known for encyclopedic knowledge and sharp replies. He succeeded Johny Joseph as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai in May 2007. Earlier, he served as the Principal Secretary in Urban Development department of Maharashtra Government. During his tenure as Secretary, school education department was lauded for the efforts he undertook to improve welfare of students. Phatak was posted, as a Collector Nagpur, Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai or managing director
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V. S. Sampath Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath (Telugu: వీరవల్లి సుందరం సంపత్) served as 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission of India from 2012 to 2015 . He succeeded S. Y. Quraishi as the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 June 2012. Born on January 16, 1950, Sampath retired on January 15, 2015 when he attained 65 years of age. In his early career in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the southern part of India, Shri Sampath was the administrative head (District Collector) of large Indian districts between 1975 and 1986. This stint, apart from giving him a strong
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Rajiv Gauba Rajiv Gauba (born 15 August 1959; IAST: ) is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to Jharkhand cadre. He currently is the Home Secretary of India. Gauba has a graduate degree and is a gold medallist in physics (BSc) from Patna University. Gauba has served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Jharkhand, including as the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand, and as the district magistrate and collector of Gaya, Nalanda and Muzzaffarpur districts—before the bifurcation of Bihar—in the Jharkhand government, and as the Union Home
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Harishankar Brahma Harishankar Brahma (Bodo: हरिशंकर ब्रह्म) (Assamese:হৰিশংকৰ ব্ৰহ্ম)(born 19 April 1950) served as 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of 1975 batch from the Andhra Pradesh cadre Mr. Brahma, who retired as the Union Power Secretary in April 2010, held office till April 18, 2015. He is the first person from Bodo community as well as from assam and second person from the North-East to become an Election Commissioner, after J. M. Lyngdoh. Born on 19 April 1950, he completed his Post Graduation in Political Science from Gauhati University (Assam) and graduated from
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Subhash Chandra Garg Subhash Chandra Garg (IAST: ) (born 16 October 1960) is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. He's the current Economic Affairs Secretary of India. He has also served as an Executive Director in the World Bank. Garg has graduate degrees in Law (LLB) and Commerce (BCom) from Rajasthan University. Garg is a professionally qualified Cost and Works Accountant. In addition, Garg is a qualified Company Secretary. Garg has served in various key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Rajasthan, like as Principal Secretary (Finance), Commissioner (Investment and NRIs) Secretary (Budget), Secretary
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Alok Ranjan Alok Ranjan is a retired 1978 batch IAS officer from the U.P Cadre. He retired on 1 July 2016 after holding the office of Chief Secretary for the Government of Uttar Pradesh (the highest ranking Civil Service official in the State Government of Uttar Pradesh) for over two years. Prior to this he has held various portfolios including Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) for the state of Uttar Pradesh. After retirement, he was appointed as the Chief Adviser to Chief Minister of U.P and Chairman U.P.S.I.D.C (Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation).
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K. Jayakumar K. Jayakumar () (born 6 October 1952) is a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Kerala who retired as the Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala. Jayakumar is also a popular Malayali poet, lyricist, translator and scriptwriter. He is the son of noted Malayalam film director M. Krishnan Nair. He has served as the founding vice-chancellor of the Malayalam University. Jayakumar belongs to 1978 batch of IAS. He began his civil service career as an assistant collector in 1980. During his career Jayakumar held important bureaucratic positions at various levels in the Governments of Kerala and India, including
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G. Mohan Kumar G. Mohan Kumar (IAST: "Ji Mohana Kumāra") (born 27 May 1955) is a retired 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre. He was the Defence Secretary of India from 2015 to 2017. He also served as the Defence Production Secretary of India and as the Steel Secretary of India. G. Mohan Kumar is a graduate (BSc) and a postgraduate (MSc) in Chemistry from University College. Mohan Kumar also has an MBA degree from the United Kingdom. During the course of his career, G. Mohan Kumar served in various key positions for both the Union Government and the
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J. Satyanarayana J. Satyanarayana (IAST: "J. Satyanārāyaṇa") (born 16 April 1954) is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Satyanarayana is the current Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency of Government of India for implementing Aadhaar. He also served as the Electronics and Information Technology Secretary of India. J. Satyanarayana has a graduate degree (BSc) in Mathematics, and is a postgraduate (MSc) in Physics. Satyanarayana also holds an MBA degree from the University of Ljubljana. J. Satyanarayana served in key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Andhra Pradesh, like
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Jawed Usmani Jawed Usmani (; ) is a retired IAS officer. He currently serves as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014. Usmani has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics. Usmani is an officer of the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Prior to appointment as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, he worked in different capacities in the
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multilateral negotiations. If serving on a deputation, they may be employed in intergovernmental organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the United Nations or its agencies. IAS officers are also involved in the conduct of elections in India as mandated by the Election Commission of India. Upon retirement, high ranking IAS officers have occupied constitutional posts such as the Chief Election Commissioner of India, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and the chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). They have also become members of
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Divisional commissioner (India) Divisional commissioner, also known as commissioner of division, is the administrative head of a division of a state in India, the office-bearer is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of high seniority. The post is referred to as regional commissioner in Karnataka and as revenue divisional commissioner in Odisha. Office-bearers are generally either of the ranks of Secretary to the state government (equivalent to joint secretary to the Government of India), or principal secretary to the state government (equivalent to additional secretary to Government of India). The role of a divisional commissioner's office is to act as
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Satyanarayana was appointed as the Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), He assumed the office of Chairman on 8 September 2016. J. Satyanarayana J. Satyanarayana (IAST: "J. Satyanārāyaṇa") (born 16 April 1954) is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Satyanarayana is the current Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency of Government of India for implementing Aadhaar. He also served as the Electronics and Information Technology Secretary of India. J. Satyanarayana has a graduate degree (BSc) in Mathematics, and is a postgraduate (MSc)
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administration, shielding one against the other. A divisional commissioner is assisted by some officers for carrying out day-to-day work in various fields:- Divisional commissioner (India) Divisional commissioner, also known as commissioner of division, is the administrative head of a division of a state in India, the office-bearer is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of high seniority. The post is referred to as regional commissioner in Karnataka and as revenue divisional commissioner in Odisha. Office-bearers are generally either of the ranks of Secretary to the state government (equivalent to joint secretary to the Government of India), or principal secretary to
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Engineering Consultants (India) Limited. Machendranathan S. Machendranathan IAS who hails from Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu had a distinguished academic career. After completing MBA from Cochin University, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1977 and thereafter the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979. An IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Shri S. Machendranathan held several important positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu Government of Tamil Nadu and in the Government of India Central Government of India. In the Government of Tamil Nadu, he worked as Collector of Thanjavur District; Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu
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Jammu and the Amarnath. During this period there was unusually heavy snowfall along with severe blizzards along the yatra route. Nearly 242 yatris lost their lives due to exhaustion, exposure, freezing, etc. National Conference government constituted a committee headed by the retired IAS officer Dr. Nitish Sengupta which was asked to inquire into various aspects of the tragedy and suggest measures and remedies to avoid recurrence of such incidents in future. 1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy 1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy is referred to the deaths of over 250 pilgrims in 1996 in Jammu and Kashmir state in India due to bad
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a divisional commissioner. On attaining the higher scales of the pay matrix, IAS officers may lead government departments or ministries. In these roles, IAS officers represent the country at the international level in bilateral and multilateral negotiations. If serving on a deputation, they may be employed in intergovernmental organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or the United Nations, or its agencies. IAS officers are also involved in the conduct of elections in India as mandated by the Election Commission of India. During the occupation of India by
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Walt Dziedzic, was a Minneapolis police officer, served the City Council for 22 years, and was a Park Board Commissioner for another 12 years, before announcing plans to retire at the end of 2009. His sister, Kari Dziedzic, has served as Chair of the Minneapolis Charter Commission and was elected to the Minnesota Senate in a January 2012 special election. Joe Dziedzic Joseph Walter Dziedzic (born December 18, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired American professional ice hockey left winger. Joe Dziedzic was drafted in 1990 while playing for Edison High School in Minneapolis and was named Minnesota Mr.
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Government, and as the Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Secretary, chairperson and managing director of the Indian Airlines, and as a joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Indian government. Arora superannuated from service on 30 April 2016. Post retirement, Arora was appointed the director general and chief executive officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, and hence was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS. Arora assumed office as one of the two Election Commissioners of India on 31 August 2017, Arora assumed the office of Election Commissioner on
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R. D. Pradhan Ram D. Pradhan (born 1928) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, who served as Union Home Secretary and Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government. Pradhan played a major role in the signing of the Assam Accord and the Mizo Accord. He has held Secretary-level positions at the international and national levels in the areas of commerce, defence and home. He was in service of the government of India for 36 years. Pradhan was an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. He joined as a Bombay State officer. For the next five years he
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Machendranathan S. Machendranathan IAS who hails from Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu had a distinguished academic career. After completing MBA from Cochin University, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1977 and thereafter the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979. An IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Shri S. Machendranathan held several important positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu Government of Tamil Nadu and in the Government of India Central Government of India. In the Government of Tamil Nadu, he worked as Collector of Thanjavur District; Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Departments of
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or the entire City as the Commissioner of Police. As Commissioner of Police they enjoy magisterial powers. The IPS is the only service in the country which if not equals comes within striking distance of the IAS in terms of Power, Authority and Speed in promotions be it at the State or in the Government of India. The IPS officer takes charge as an Assistant Superintendent of Police of a Sub-division after probation of 2 years. The tenure of this post is normally 2 years. The next appointment is as Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police after 4
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T. S. Krishnamurthy Taruvai Subayya Krishnamurthy (born 1941) is a former Indian Revenue Service officer who served as 13th Chief Election Commissioner (C.E.C) of India (February 2004 - May 2005). His main assignment as C.E.C was to oversee the 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha. He was known for his integrity and a polite yet firm fist with which he handled all sensitive assignments throughout his career. He had earlier served in the Election Commission of India as a commissioner since January 2000. Krishnamurthy started his career as an Indian Revenue Service officer. He served the government at various levels
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Pradesh Board of Revenue. Usmani took voluntary retirement (VRS) from the Indian Administrative Service in February 2015, and was subsequently appointed the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. Jawed Usmani Jawed Usmani (; ) is a retired IAS officer. He currently serves as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014. Usmani has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics. Usmani is an officer of the 1978 batch
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Vinay Sheel Oberoi Vinay Sheel Oberoi (born 18 February 1957) is a retired IAS Officer of the 1979 batch. He belonged to the Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. Oberoi also served as the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO from 2010 to 2014. Oberoi hails from Bihar. He studied at The Doon School and St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He has a postgraduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He held several positions in Meghalaya. He was the Secretary to the Government of India in the Union Ministries of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development as
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Naresh Chandra Naresh Chandra (1 August 1934 – 9 July 2017) was a 1956 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India, Defence Secretary of India, Home Secretary of India, Water Resources Secretary of India and Indian Ambassador to the United States. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, for civil service, in 2007. Chandra was educated in Allahabad and obtained a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Maths from the Allahabad University. Naresh Chandra served as a lecturer in the Allahabad University before his selection as an IAS officer. Naresh Chandra
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During his career as an IAS officer, he spent 13 years of service in the Govt of India and served the State Govt of Madhya Pradesh for 20 years. Some of the key positions/assignments he held. K. T. Chacko Kayyalathu Thomas Chacko or K.T. Chacko is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer who held several public offices in the Government of India. He was appointed as the Directorate General of Foreign Trade of India in 2004. He is widely known for his commitment to increase India's participation and role in the global economy. K.T. Chacko was born on October 29,
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Rajive Kumar Rajive Kumar (born 28 June 1958) is a retired 1981 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Kumar is currently serving as the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority and previously served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, in addition to serving as Shipping Secretary of India. Kumar holds a Master of Public Administration degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Master of Science degree in physics. Kumar has served in various key positions for both
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Tirhut division Tirhut Division or Tirhut Commissionary is an administrative-geographical unit of Bihar in India. Muzaffarpur is the headquarters of the Division. The Division comprises six districts -- Muzaffarpur, West Champaran (headquartered at Bettiah), East Champaran (headquartered at Motihari), Vaishali (headquartered at Hajipur), Sitamarhi and Sheohar. The administrative head of Tirhut Division is a Commissioner, a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Tirhut's present Divisional Commissioner is Shri NARMDESHWAR LAL(Additional Charge),a 1998 Batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre. Khudi Ram Bose, Bhagwan Das, Juba Sahni, Raj Kumar Shukla, Ramdayalu Singh, Mathura Singh, Binda Babu and Mahesh Babu
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A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi (also known as Burhan Siddiqi) is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat and police officer who served as the 16th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 1998-2000. He has also played active roles in diplomatic and UN missions, having served as the Chief Liaison Officer for UNTAG in Namibia (1989–1990) and the Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh. Siddiqi served as the secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Local Government His third contact of the Local Government Secretary position expired on 31 December 2003. He retired from the government service in 2004.
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the The Nehru Centre, London, UK. This was followed by various diplomatic and administrative positions for the rest of his career, including High Commissioner of India to South Africa and Lesotho (1996), Secretary to President of India (1997-2000), High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka (2000), and Ambassador of India to Norway, and Iceland (2002), before his retirement from IAS in 2003. On 14 December 2004, he was appointed Governor of West Bengal following the expiry of the term of office of incumbent Viren J. Shah. He was succeeded by Devanand Konwar (the serving governor of Tripura), who was given
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IAS officer. To honor Jamchonga Nampui and to take forward his legacy "to strive for the best in education", a school in Fiangpui, Assam, District Council L.P. School, established in 1962, was renamed as J.C. Nampui Memorial L.P. School in 1990 after him. Jamchonga Nampui Jamchonga Nampui (Nampui Jam Chonga) was an Indian civil servant. He was an Indian Administrative Service officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He was the first Scheduled Tribe IAS officer in India when he cleared the civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in 1954. He belongs to the Biate community of Northeast India.
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N. Gopalaswami N. Gopalaswami (born 21 April 1944), served as 15th Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) who has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2015. He is a 1966 batch Indian Administrative Services officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. He took over the charge of CEC on 30 June 2006 and retired in April 2009. He is currently the president of Vivekananda Educational Society which runs a group of schools in and around Chennai. He was appointed as the Chairman of Kalakshetra for a term of five years starting from 22 October 2014. Gopalaswami, who hails from Needamangalam, a village
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John Mathai (administrator) John Mathai IAS is a former Chief Secretary of Kerala, India. He belongs to the 1971 batch of IAS (Indian Administrative Service). He began his career as Sub-collector of Thalassery. He was appointed Collector of Kottayam in 1978. He held various positions such as Managing Director of State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Director of Public Instruction, and Secretary for Industries, Power and Forests and Wildlife Departments before becoming the Principal Secretary of Industries in 1996. Subsequently, he was posted as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Commissioner of Excise. He was promoted as Additional Chief Secretary in 2005. Later
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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner, an IAS officer. The commissioner wields the executive power of the house. A quinquennial election is held to elect corporators to power. The corporators are responsible for overseeing that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place, and that there is no lacuna on the part of the authorities. The Mayor is the head of the house. The Telangana Government has appointed CVSK Sarma as the first Chief Commissioner of GHMC. There is also a provision for a directly elected mayor of Hyderabad. However, the Chief Commissioner can allocate
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her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since served on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on India–Pakistan
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Mohammad Aijaz Asad Mohammad Aijaz Asad is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who is serving as the District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner of Rajouri in the Indian state of Jammu And Kashmir. He is a 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from J&K cadre and hails from Dharana village located near Line of Control (LoC) in District Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammad Aijaz Asad hails from Dharana village located in the border district Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has lived through gunfights and cross-LoC shelling during his childhood. It is in this atmosphere of fear and uncertainty that
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Kumar Suresh Singh Kumar Suresh Singh (1935–2006) was an Indian Administrative Service officer, who served as a Commissioner of Chotanagpur (1978–80) and Director-General of the Anthropological Survey of India. He is known principally for his oversight and editorship of the "People of India" survey and for his studies of tribal history. Kumar Suresh Singh came from a privileged background, growing up in Munger, Bihar. He studied history, gaining a first-class BA from Patna University. He subsequently obtained a master's degree, and finally a PhD on the subject of the revolutionary, Birsa Munda. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in
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Frederick Bullock (police officer) Frederick Shore Bullock was a British civil servant and police officer. Bullock was born on 3 October 1847 in India, the son of Thomas Henry Bullock, Commissioner of Berar. He was educated at Cheltenham College and passed for the Indian Civil Service in 1868. He arrived in India in 1870 and served in the North-Western Provinces as judge and collector until 1892, when he was made Judicial Commissioner of Berar. He was then Commissioner of the Hyderabad assigned districts from 1895 until he retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1899. He was made a Companion
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the Cabinet (ACC) in May 2015, he assumed the office of Defence Secretary on 25 May 2015, and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from service on 24 May 2017. G. Mohan Kumar G. Mohan Kumar (IAST: "Ji Mohana Kumāra") (born 27 May 1955) is a retired 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre. He was the Defence Secretary of India from 2015 to 2017. He also served as the Defence Production Secretary of India and as the Steel Secretary of India. G. Mohan Kumar is a graduate (BSc) and a postgraduate (MSc) in Chemistry from University College. Mohan Kumar also
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During that posting he was closely involved in far-reaching organisational reforms of the Metropolitan Police Service. From 1987 to 1990, he headed the Force Inspectorate. On 1 September 1990, he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. He served as Assistant Commissioner Territorial Operations, with responsibility for operations at all police stations throughout London. In 1993, he was asked by the commissioner, Sir Paul Condon, to head a radical reorganisation of the Metropolitan Police to create a modern managerial structure and philosophy. He retired from the police in April 1995 as the longest serving Metropolitan Police Officer.
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District collector (India) A district collector, often abbreviated to collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India. Since district collectors are senior-most executive magistrate in the district, the post is also referred to as the district magistrate, and as the office-bearer works under the supervision of a divisional commissioner, the post is also known as deputy commissioner. District administration in India is a legacy of the British Raj. District collectors were members of the Indian Civil Service and were charged with supervising general administration in the district. Warren
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1988, serving in the Haryana Cadre. As an IAS officer, he has held numerous positions, such as Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak and Kurukshetra, founding Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company, Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, and Principal Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Haryana. During his stint in the Central Government between 2014 and 2018, Prasad served as Mission Director in the National Mission for Clean Ganga and Joint Secretary (later as Additional Secretary) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. During his career, he has been awarded Best District Collector
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Pradeep Kumar Sinha Pradeep Kumar Sinha (born born 18 July 1955; IAST: ) is a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who is the 31st Cabinet Secretary of India. Prior to this appointment he served as the Power Secretary of India, and was the Shipping Secretary of India before that. Sinha is an economics graduate from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi, and holds a postgraduate degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi. He holds an MPhil degree as well. Sinha has served in various
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damage control, highlighting its welfare schemes and announcing that it is considering to set up a task force to check illegal mining. Kiran Bedi and large number of people on social media like Facebook and Twitter protested against the IAS officer's suspension. Several serving and retired IAS officers like former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) N. Vittal, former cabinet secretaries T. S. R. Subramanian and Naresh Chandra, and former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai came out in support of Nagpal, calling her actions bold and courageous, and asked the Chief Secretary to revoke her suspension. The All India IAS Association,
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Bombay Art Society, Hyderabad Art Society, Academy of Fine Arts (Kolkata), besides the National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi (New Delhi), Adimoolam has served as a jury member for the National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, and Bombay Art Society's Annual All India Art Exhibition. He was the Commissioner for the Indian section in the Third Ankara Biennial at Turkey in 1990. The book, Between The Lines, carries his drawings done between 1962 and 1996. He has also been involved in the Madras Art Movement, which emerged in the early 1960s under the leadership of K.C.S. Paniker. Adimoolam died on
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the RBI, and infuriated Dr Reddy, who insisted on a full inquiry. Y. Venugopal Reddy Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, better known as Y. V. Reddy (born 17 August 1941) is an Indian Economist and a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Reddy served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (India's central bank) from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008. In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan. Reddy received his M.A. in economics from Madras University, India, and his PhD from Osmania
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Y. Venugopal Reddy Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, better known as Y. V. Reddy (born 17 August 1941) is an Indian Economist and a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Reddy served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (India's central bank) from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008. In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan. Reddy received his M.A. in economics from Madras University, India, and his PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Diploma in Economic Planning from the
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and the managing director of Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund. President Abdul Hamid has appointed KM Nurul Huda as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Bangladesh on February 6, 2017. He took oath as the new CEC on February 15, 2017. KM Nurul Huda KM Nurul Huda, is a freedom fighter, retired secretary & the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Dhaka City Corporation. He also served as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Additional Secretary to the Parliament Secretariat. Nurul Huda was born in 1948 at Nowmala, Bauphal Upazila
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