Sushil Chandra is the 24th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission of India. He was appointed as CEC on April 12, 2021 and assumed office on April 13, 2021. Earlier, he was a member of the three-member panel of the Election Commission.
Wiki/Biography
Sushil Chandra was born on Wednesday, May 15, 1957 (64 years old in 2021). His zodiac sign is Taurus. After completing his education, Sushil Chandra entered the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and obtained a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1977. He then went to DAV College, Dehradun to pursue a bachelor’s degree in law.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
family
There is not much information available about his family.
Sushil Chandra and his wife at IITF
Profession
Sushil Chandra belongs to the Indian Revenue Service 1980 batch and has served in the Income Tax department for 39 years in various positions. Sushil was the Director of Investigation, Mumbai and later moved to Gujarat as Director, Investigation Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). In November 2016, Sushil Chandra was appointed Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). On February 15, 2019, Sushil Chandra was appointed Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India and on February 18, 2020, he became a member of the Delimitation Commission, UT of Jammu and Kashmir. In June 2019, Sushil was invited as an international election observer to observe the presidential election process in Kazakhstan. He has also attended management training courses from various institutions like the International Monetary Fund, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Wharton School of Business, Pennsylvania.
Sushil Chandra holding his appointment letter as Election Commissioner
Facts/Trivia
- The 2019 Lok Sabha elections were organized and conducted under the supervision of Sushil Chandra, Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa. Sushil Chandra also conducted elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand in 2019. In 2020, Bihar became the first state to hold elections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former CEC Sunil Arora with Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lavasa
- Sushil Chandra assumed charge as Chief Election Commissioner on April 13, 2021 and his term will end on May 14, 2022. Assembly elections will be held in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur under Sushil’s watch.
- Sushil Chandra encouraged control over the use of funds during the campaign. He suggested the deployment of special expenditure observers and other agencies to conduct checks during the campaign.
- During the campaigning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sushil Chandra introduced the use of IT applications to help candidates file their nomination papers online. He also introduced the facility of postal voting for certain categories of senior citizens, persons with disabilities, essential service workers, and COVID-19 patients.
- In July 2019, Sushil Chandra was invited to attend the 18th Cambridge Electoral Democracy Conference. The conference was held at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He also attended the 3rd Plenary Session of the Global Electoral Justice Network Conference in Mexico and the 2nd Electoral Research Initiative Conference in Bali in December 2019.
Sushil Chandra (orange tie) at the Bali Election Research Initiative meeting
- In 2017, Sushil Chandra launched Operation Clean Money, which aims to clean up illegal wealth and black money in India. He also signed a treaty with Switzerland to promote transparency between Indian and Swiss banking services.
- Sushil Chandra’s brother-in-law Arvind Goel is being investigated by the Uttar Pradesh government for buying and selling nearly 200 acres of land in Moradabad using black money. The transactions of these lands took place between 2004 and 2017. Besides Arvind, his brother Vipin Goel was also involved and he allegedly bought the lands in the name of 20 shell companies.
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