Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch IRS (IT) officer. He was the 24th

Chief Election Commissioner of India The Chief Election Commissioner of India heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures and of President and Vice-President. This power of th ...

. He previously served as the

Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes The Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the senior-most IRS (IT) civil servant in the Government of India. The Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the Special Secretary to the Government of India and also ca ...

Personal life

Sushil Chandra was born on 15 May 1957 in Chandausi UP. He completed B-Tech from

Roorkee University Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in Brit ...

and LLB from

DAV College The D.B.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVDholakpurMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in Antarctica and overseas with over 900 schools. 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of Maharishi Da ...

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislativ ...

. He has also attended various trainings at

IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster gl ...

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a public business school and Institute of National Importance located in Bangalore, India. Founded in 1973, it was the third IIM to be established, after IIM Calcutta and IIM ...

and

The Wharton School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...

on management.

Career

He started his career in the

Indian Engineering Service The Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit officers for the services which cater to the technical functions of the Government of India. It is a three-stage competitive examin ...

. Later joined the 1980 Batch of the

Indian Revenue Service The Indian Revenue Service ( IAST: ), often abbreviated as IRS, is an Indian government agency that is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct and indirect taxes. As a central civil service under Group A of the execut ...

. Under his chairmanship of the

Central Board of Direct Taxes Taxes in India are levied by the Central Government and the State Governments by virtue of powers conferred to them from the Constitution of India. Some minor taxes are also levied by the local authorities such as the Municipality. The authori ...

he contributed greatly to the ''Operation Clean Money''. He has been Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) International Taxation, Delhi. He was also the Director of Investigation, Mumbai and Director General Investigation, Gujarat. On 15 February 2019, he was appointed as the

Election Commissioner of India The Election Commissioners of India are the members of Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections in India to the national and state legislatures. The Election Commissioners are usually ...

and took office as the

on 13 April 2021. He has been involved in 16 elections including five as chief election commissioner. He retired on 14 May 2022,

Rajiv Kumar Rajiv Kumar may refer to: * Rajiv Kumar (civil servant) (born 1960), 25th Chief Election Commissioner of India * Rajiv Kumar (economist) (born 1951), Indian economist * Rajiv Kumar (cricketer) (born 1976), Indian cricketer See also * Rajeev Kuma ...

succeeded him.

References

Indian civil servants Members of the Election Commission of India Living people Indian Revenue Service officers 1957 births Chief Election Commissioners of India IIT Roorkee alumni {{India-bio-stub