CEC Sushil Chandra Biography
Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service officer.He is the current and 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Having held several posts in the Income-Tax Department for nearly 39 years, Sh Sushil Chandra was appointed CBDT Chairman on 1stNovember 2016.
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He spent considerable time as Director of Investigation and Director General of Investigation,(CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
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Mumbai and Gujarat, respectively followed by his stint as Member (Investigation), CBDT and thereafter assuming the post of Chairman of this Apex body.
Transparency and purity of political finance are of vital importance for free and fair electoral process and the creation of a level playing field.
Continuing the crusade that he started as CBDT Chairman against the menace of black money,
Shri Chandra was proactive as the erstwhile Election Commissioner in curbing the use of Money Power that vitiates the Electoral Process.
He has constantly emphasized the concept of “Inducement-Free” elections and it has become an integral dimension of monitoring the electoral process in all ongoing and forthcoming elections.
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Process of focused and comprehensive monitoring through the deployment of Special Expenditure Observers,
activating the role of many more enforcement agencies in the process of Election Expenditure monitoring, more exhaustive and frequent reviews of observers and other agencies are few of the aspects of electoral management encouraged by him. (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
During his tenure as Chairman, CBDT, he had played an active role in unearthing illegal money often used during Assembly Elections.
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With his continuous monitoring the seizures of cash, liquor, freebies, narcotics have increased substantially in recent elections.
His contributions are also reflective in systemic changes like the Form 26 that has now become an integral part of essential paperwork.
Chandra as Chairman CBDT took special efforts in the area of verification of affidavits filed by the candidates before elections. In 2018 in his role as Chairman CBDT, (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
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Shri Chandra was instrumental in evolving a uniform format of sharing details of all assets and liabilities not mentioned in the affidavits of the candidates.
An avid proponent of the use of technology, Shri Chandra has overseen implementation of recent IT applications for facilitating electoral processes.
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Facilitation through innovative IT applications in Election systems have been a unique contribution of Sh Sushil Chandra to the 2019 17thLok Sabha Elections and the Legislative Assembly Elections held since in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
Odisha, Sikkim, Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Delhi. Holding of elections to State Assemblies of Bihar, Assam,
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Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal amidst Covid concerns and making processes such as nomination and filing of papers online,
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Sushil Chandra
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| 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
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| Assumed office 13 April 2021 |
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| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Sunil Arora |
| Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 15 February 2019 – 12 April 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Sunil Arora |
| Succeeded by | Anup Chandra Pandey |
| Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes[1] | |
| In office 1 November 2016 – 14 February 2019 |
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| Preceded by | Rani Singh Nair |
| Succeeded by | Pramod Chandra Mody |
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| Born | 15 May 1957 Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | IIT Roorkee (B-Tech), DAV College, Dehradun (LLB) |
| Occupation | Retd. Indian Revenue Service officer |
Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service officer.[2] He is the current and 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Personal life[edit]
Sushil Chandra was born on 15 May 1957 in Chandausi. He completed B-Tech from Roorkee University and LLB from DAV College, Dehradun. He has also attended various trainings at IMF, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and The Wharton School on management.
Career
Sushil Chandra and the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to India, Mr. Bulat Sarsenbayev signing a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) between India and Kazakhstan, in New Delhi
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extending option of postal ballot to the specific categories of senior citizens, Persons with Disabilities,
essential services personnel as also Covid patients/suspects, has seen Sh Chandra lead from the front with an iron will to work despite challenges. (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
Shri Chandra has been instrumental in the exchange of Best Electoral Practices among the Electoral Management Bodies internationally. In June 2019 he participated in the Presidential Election process of Kazakhstan as an International Election Observer.
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He was invited to the 18th Cambridge Conference on Electoral Democracy in the Commonwealth Trinity College,
Cambridge, UK in July 2019. He participated in the 3rd Plenary Assembly of Global Network Electoral Justice conference held in Los Cabos,
Mexico in November 2019. He also attended the 2nd Electoral Studies Program Conference in Bali in December 2019. (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
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Born on 15thMay 1957, Shri Chandra did his B.Tech. from IIT Roorkee (BE Civil, 1977). He received Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater on 25thNovember 2019.
He also holds a degree in LLB from DAV College, Dehradun and has undergone various trainings at IMF,
IIM Bengaluru and Wharton on management. Before joining the Indian Revenue Service, he was in the Indian Engineering Service.
Career Sushil Chandra and the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to India, Mr. Bulat Sarsenbayev signing a Protocol to
amend
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the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) between India and Kazakhstan, in New Delhi He started his career in the Indian Engineering Service.
Later joined the 1980 Batch of the Indian Revenue Service. Under his chairmanship of the Central Board of Direct Taxes he contributed greatly to the Operation Clean Money. (CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
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He has been Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) International Taxation, Delhi. He was also the Director of Investigation, Mumbai and Director General Investigation, Gujarat.
On 15 February 2019, he was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India and took office as the Chief Election Commissioner of India on 13 April 2021.(CEC Sushil Chandra Biography)
