Ashok Lavasa

Ashok Lavasa IAS
Lavasa in August 2016
Election Commissioner of India
In office 23 January 2018 – 18 August 2020
Appointed by	President of India then, Ram Nath Kovind
Vice President	Venkaiah Naidu
Preceded by	G. V. G. Krishnamurty
Succeeded by	Rajiv Kumar[1]
Finance Secretary of India (in charge of Department of Expenditure)
In office 30 April 2016 – 30 October 2017
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Ratan P. Watal
Succeeded by	Ajay Narayan Jha
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India
In office 29 August 2014 – 30 April 2016
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	V. Rajagopalan
Succeeded by	Ajay Narayan Jha
Civil Aviation Secretary of India
In office 1 January 2014 – 29 August 2014
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	K. N. Srivastava
Succeeded by	V. Somasundaran
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-21) 21 October 1957 (age 67) Rajasthan, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	RASHTRIYA MILITARY SCHOOL BELGAUM ; Deshbandhu College Delhi University Southern Cross University, New South Wales
Occupation	Retired IAS officer

Ashok Lavasa (IAST: Aśoka Lavāsā) (born 21 October 1957) is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Haryana cadre and was one of the two Election Commissioners of India. He has also served as the Finance Secretary of India, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India and Civil Aviation Secretary of India. He served as the Vice President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) from August 2020 to August 2023.^[2]