Sushil Chandra
24th Chief Election Commissioner of India
In office
13 April 2021 – 14 May 2022
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySunil Arora
Succeeded by Rajiv Kumar
Election Commissioner of India
In office
15 February 2019 – 12 April 2021
Preceded bySunil Arora
Succeeded byAnup Chandra Pandey
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes[1]
In office
1 November 2016 – 14 February 2019
Preceded byRani Singh Nair
Succeeded byPramod Chandra Mody
Personal details
Born (1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 66)
Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materIIT Roorkee (B-Tech),
DAV College, Dehradun (LLB)
OccupationRetd. IRS (IT) officer

Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch IRS (IT) officer.[2] He was the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.[3][4]

Personal life

Sushil Chandra was born on 15 May 1957 in Chandausi UP. He completed B-Tech from Roorkee University and LLB from DAV College, Dehradun.[2] He has also attended various trainings at IMF, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and The Wharton School on management.[5]

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

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.

He has been Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) International Taxation, Delhi. He was also the Director of Investigation, Mumbai and Director General Investigation, Gujarat.[6][7][8]   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.[9]

He has been involved in 16 elections including five as chief election commissioner. He retired on 14 May 2022, Rajiv Kumar succeeded him.

References

  1. ^ Pandey, Devesh K. (14 February 2019). "CBDT chief Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ a b "Sushil Chandra Appointed Chief Election Commissioner After Sunil Arora Demits Office". The Wire. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Nath, Damini (12 April 2021). "Sushil Chandra appointed Chief Election Commissioner". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Who is Sushil Chandra? Know your new chief election commissioner". Hindustan Times. 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Shri Sushil Chandra". Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Sushil Chandra takes charge as new CEC". 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Shri Sushil Chandra takes over as new Election Commissioner". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 15 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Shri Sushil Chandra takes over as the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 1 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Sushil Chandra succeeds Sunil Arora as CEC, to take charge from tomorrow | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.


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