Anup Chandra Pandey is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served in Uttar Pradesh. On June 9, 2021, Anup Chandra Pandey was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India.
Wiki/Biography
Anup Chandra Pandey was born on Sunday, February 15, 1959 (62 years old in 2021) in Chandigarh, India. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. Anup Chandra completed his schooling in Chandigarh and joined Punjab Engineering College to pursue a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He then pursued an MBA in Materials Management from Punjab University, and then he obtained a PhD in Ancient History from Magadh University in Bihar.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Gray
family
Anup Pandey’s father’s name is VC Pandey. He is a professor in the ancient history department of Punjab University. Anup Pandey’s sister’s name is Amita Pandey.
Profession
Anup Pandey is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1984 batch and was appointed Assistant Magistrate of Lucknow in 1985. Over the years, Anup Chandra Pandey served in various capacities in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He was appointed Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh and Deputy Chief Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure and Industrial Development. He also became Chairman of Udyog Bandhu and Industrial Development Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. After a few years of service, Anup Pandey was appointed Additional Secretary, Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Department, Ministry of Defence in October 2014.
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Industrial Development
Anup Chandra Pandey became the Deputy Chief Secretary and Commissioner of the Uttar Pradesh Department of Infrastructure and Industrial Development in September 2017. The appointment was presided over by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Anup took charge on September 9, 2017 and retired on August 31, 2019.
Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
Anup Pandey was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh government in June 2018. He retired on August 31, 2019.
Anup Chandra Pandey signed some documents after taking office as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh in 2019
Election Commissioner of India
On June 8, 2021, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Anup Chandra Pandey as the Election Commissioner of India. Pandey assumed office on June 9, 2021. The official announcement is as follows:
In accordance with Article 324(2) of the Constitution, the President has pleasure in appointing Shri Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS (retired) (UP: 1984) as the Election Commissioner with effect from the date of his assumption of office.”
Anup Chandra Pandey appointed as India’s Election Commissioner
dispute
After Anup Chandra Pandey was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India, many people opposed the decision to choose Pandey as the new Election Commissioner, including senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Dipankar Ghosh. Prashant Bhushan expressed his objection in a post on his Twitter account.
While our petition seeking a committee to appoint the EC was stayed without hearing, the government unilaterally appointed Adityanath’s hand-picked person as EC! All regulatory agencies have been subverted by this government https://t.co/oETCN9qKMG
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) June 9, 2021
Facts/Trivia
- Anup Chandra Pandey, who was appointed as the Election Commissioner by the President of India, was part of the three-member committee along with Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
Anup Chandra Pandey with Sushil Chandra (centre) and Rajiv Kumar (right)
- Anup Chandra Pandey played an important role in planning, organizing and coordinating the Investor Summit 2018 and Kumbh Mela 2019. The Investor Summit was attended by delegates from all over the world and received investments of over INR 400 crores.
- While serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, Anup represented India at the International Labour Organisation, the G20 and other international events.
- Anup Chandra has written a book titled “Governance in Ancient India”. The book focuses on the evolution, nature, scope and all its related aspects of the Indian Civil Service from the Rigvedic period to 650 AD.
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