Sushil Chandra

Sushil Chandra
24th Chief Election Commissioner of India
In office
13 April 2021 – 14 May 2022
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySunil Arora
Succeeded by Rajiv Kumar
Election Commissioner of India
In office
15 February 2019 – 12 April 2021
Preceded bySunil Arora
Succeeded byAnup Chandra Pandey
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes[1]
In office
1 November 2016 – 14 February 2019
Preceded byRani Singh Nair
Succeeded byPramod Chandra Mody
Personal details
Born (1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 67)
Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materIIT Roorkee (B-Tech),
DAV College, Dehradun (LLB)
OccupationRetd. IRS (IT) officer

Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch IRS (IT) officer.[2] He was the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.[3][4]

  1. ^ Pandey, Devesh K. (14 February 2019). "CBDT chief Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ "Sushil Chandra Appointed Chief Election Commissioner After Sunil Arora Demits Office". The Wire. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Nath, Damini (12 April 2021). "Sushil Chandra appointed Chief Election Commissioner". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Who is Sushil Chandra? Know your new chief election commissioner". Hindustan Times. 12 April 2021.