Rajiv Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner, to take charge on May 15

Rajiv Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner, to take charge on May 15 : Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar is set to take charge as the new chief election commissioner on Sunday (May 15). Rajiv Kumar will replace CEC Sushil Chandra, who is due to retire. Kumar took charge as theElection Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 1, 2020.

Kumar also served as the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board. He joined as the PESB chairman in April 2020. Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He has “worked in various ministries at the centre and his state cadre of Bihar and Jharkhand,” a government statement had said earlier.