Om Prakash Rawat

Om Prakash Rawat
Oma Prakāśa Rāvata
Shri O.P. Rawat taking charge as the New Chief Election Commissioner of India, in New Delhi on January 23, 2018
Chief Election Commissioner of India
Assumed office
23 January 2018
President Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by Achal Kumar Jyoti
Election Commissioner of India
In office
14 August 2015 – 22 January 2018
Public Enterprise Secretary of India
In office
3 March 2012 – 31 December 2013
Personal details
Born Om Prakash Rawat
(1953-12-02) 2 December 1953
Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality  Indian
Occupation Retired IAS Officer
Awards An awardee of state government's 'recognition of forest rights' in 2009.

Om Prakash Rawat (IAST: Oma Prakāśa Rāvata) (born 2 December 1953) is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India.[1] He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer belonging to Madhya Pradesh cadre. He has also served as the Public Enterprise Secretary of India.

Education

Rawat is a graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) in Physics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (BHU),[2][3][4] he also has a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Social Development Planning,[2][3][4] which he did in 1989 from the United Kingdom.[2][3][4]

Career

As an IAS officer

Rawat served in key positions for both the Union Government and the Madhya Pradesh, like as, Principal Secretary (Commerce and Industries), Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Principal Secretary (Woman and Child development) Principal Secretary (Tribal Welfare), Vice Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority, Excise Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh, and as the District Magistrate and Collector of Narsinghpur and Indore districts in the Madhya Pradesh Government,[2][3][4] and as the Union Public Enterprise Secretary, and as Joint Secretary in Ministry of Defence in the Union Government.[2][3][4]

Public Enterprise Secretary

Rawat was appointed as the Union Public Enterprise Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in March 2012, he assumed office on 3 March 2012,[2][3] and demitted it on and superannuation from service on 31 December 2013.[2][3]

Post retirement

Election Commissioner of India

Rawat assumed office as one of the two Election Commissioners of India on 14 August 2015.[5][6][7][8] Under his tenure at Election Commission, there would be general election to State legislative assemblies of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry, Assam, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Besides this Presidential as well as Vice-Presidential elections would also be held under his tenure.[5][6]

Chief Election Commissioner of India

As the senior-most Election Commissioner, post the retirement of Achal Kumar Jyoti, Rawat was announced to be the next Chief Election Commissioner on 21 January 2018.[9][10][11][12][13] Rawat assumed charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India on 23 January 2018.[14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "O P Rawat new CEC, former finance secretary Lavasa named EC". The Indian Express. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Om Prakash Rawat - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sh. Om Prakash Rawat takes over as new Election Commissioner of India" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Election Commissioner - Shri Om Prakash Rawat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Om Prakash Rawat takes over as new Election Commissioner of India". Press Information Bureau of India. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Om Prakash Rawat assumes charge as the new Election Commissioner". The Economic Times. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Om Prakash Rawat appointed as the new Election Commissioner". India Today. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sh. Om Prakash Rawat Takes Over as New Election Commissioner of India". Business Standard. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Om Prakash Rawat to succeed AK Joti as new Chief Election Commissioner". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Om Prakash Rawat to take over as chief election commissioner on January 23". The Times of India. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Om Prakash Rawat appointed new Chief Election Commissioner; Ashok Lavasa named commissioner". The Financial Express. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  12. ↑ Bose, Abhimanyu, ed. (21 January 2018). "Om Prakash Rawat Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner". NDTV. New Delhi. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "OP Rawat to be next Chief Election Commissioner, to succeed AK Joti". Daily News and Analysis. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Subject: Shri O. P. Rawat takes over as new Chief Election Commissioner" (PDF). Election Commission of India. New Delhi. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Phandis, Ashwini (23 January 2018). "O P Rawat assumes charge as CEC". Business Line. New Delhi: The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "O P Rawat takes charge as new CEC". Deccan Herald. New Delhi. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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