Harishankar Brahma

Harishankar Brahma
19th Chief Election Commissioner of India
In office
16 January 2015 [1] – 19 April 2015 [1]
PresidentPranab Mukherjee
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byV. S. Sampath
Succeeded byNasim Zaidi
Personal details
Born (1950-04-19) 19 April 1950 (age 74)[1]
Gossaigaon, Assam[2]
Alma materSt. Edmund's College, Shillong (BA)
Gauhati University (MA)
ProfessionCivil servant

Harishankar Brahma (born 19 April 1950[1]) served as 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India.[3][4] He is a retired I.A.S. officer of the 1975 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.[5]

Mr. Brahma, who retired as the Union Power Secretary in April 2010,[6] held office till 18 April 2015. He is second person from the North-East to become an Election Commissioner, after J. M. Lyngdoh.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Shri H.S. Brahma - Profile". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ PTI (20 January 2015). "India has nearly 83 crore voters: Brahma". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Harishankar Brahma: H S Brahma to be India's next Chief Election Commissioner". The Times of India. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Harishankar Brahma new Election Commissioner". The Economic Times. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  6. ^ "REC chief to be power secretary". The Times of India. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.