Gyanesh Kumar is the primary CEC to be appointed below the brand new legislation on the appointment of the members of the Election Fee (EC).
Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the following chief election commissioner on Monday, the legislation ministry stated. Kumar is the primary CEC to be appointed below the brand new legislation on the appointment of the members of the Election Fee (EC). His time period will run until January 26, 2029, days earlier than the EC is predicted to announce the schedule of the following Lok Sabha election. Moreover, Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch Haryana-cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as an election commissioner.
Throughout his tenure because the twenty sixth CEC, Kumar will oversee the Bihar Meeting polls later this yr, and the Kerala and Puducherry Meeting polls in 2026. Equally, he’ll oversee the Meeting polls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, that are additionally due in 2026. Kumar, who performed a key position in implementing choices following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Structure in Jammu and Kashmir throughout his stint within the Union residence ministry, took cost as an election commissioner on March 15, 2024.
Who’s Gyanesh Kumar?
Kumar is a 1988-batch Kerala Cadre IAS officer. After finishing his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT), Kanpur, he studied Enterprise Finance in ICFAI, India and Environmental Economics in HIID, Harvard College, US. He has labored within the authorities of Kerala because the assistant collector of Ernakulam, sub-collector of Adoor, managing director of the Kerala State Growth Company for SC/ST, municipal commissioner of the Company of Cochin, apart from holding different posts.
READ | Gautam Adani, India’s second richest man, donates Rs 2000 crore for organising 20…
As a secretary to the federal government of Kerala, Kumar dealt with various departments, corresponding to finance sources, fast-track tasks and the general public works division. Within the authorities of India, he has wealthy expertise of working because the joint secretary within the Ministry of Defence, joint secretary and extra secretary within the Ministry of Residence Affairs, secretary within the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and secretary within the Ministry of Cooperation. He superannuated on January 31, 2024.
Gyanesh Kumar appointment
His appointment got here hours after the Congress requested the federal government to defer its choice on the brand new CEC until the Supreme Courtroom concludes its listening to on a petition difficult the composition of the choice panel. The Congress’s demand was put forth by Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi throughout a gathering of the choice panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources stated. The assembly befell within the South Block workplace of the prime minister. Moreover Modi and Gandhi, Residence Minister Amit Shah is the third member of the choice panel.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is printed from PTI)
