New Delhi: Anup Chandra Pandey today assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. He joins the Election Commission of India as second Election Commissoner in a three- member body headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
Pandey superannuated as Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh in August 2019. Prior to joining the Election Commission of India, he served as a Member National Green Tribunal Oversight Committee, Uttar Pradesh.
Born on 15th February 1959, Pandey has been a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer. During the span of about 37 years of distinguished Government of India service, Shri Pandey has worked in various Ministries & Departments at the Centre and his state cadre of Uttar Pradesh.
A career bureaucrat, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College and a Master’s degree in Materials Management from Panjab University. He also holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Ancient Indian History from Magadh University. He has also authored a book titled “Governance in Ancient India” which explores the evolution, nature, scope, functions and all related aspects of ancient Indian Civil Service from the Rig Vedic period to 650 AD.
– global bihari bureau
