Ashok Lavasa

Ashok Lavasa
Lavasa in August 2016
Election Commissioner of India
In office
23 January 2018 – 18 August 2020
Appointed byPresident of India then, Ram Nath Kovind
Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu
Preceded byG. V. G. Krishnamurty
Succeeded byRajiv Kumar[1]
Finance Secretary of India (in charge of Department of Expenditure)
In office
30 April 2016 – 30 October 2017
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byRatan P. Watal
Succeeded byAjay Narayan Jha
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India
In office
29 August 2014 – 30 April 2016
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byV. Rajagopalan
Succeeded byAjay Narayan Jha
Civil Aviation Secretary of India
In office
1 January 2014 – 29 August 2014
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byK. N. Srivastava
Succeeded byV. Somasundaran
Personal details
Born (1957-10-21) 21 October 1957 (age 66)
Rajasthan, India
Nationality Indian
Alma materRASHTRIYA MILITARY SCHOOL BELGAUM ; Deshbandhu College Delhi University
Southern Cross University, New South Wales
OccupationRetired 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]

  1. ^ "Rajeev Kumar replaces Ashok Lavasa as Election Commissioner". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa appointed ADB vice-president". The Hindu. 15 July 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 August 2020.