Gyanesh Kumar | |
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Election Commissioner of India | |
Assumed office 14 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Anup Chandra Pandey |
Cooperation Secretary of India | |
In office 3 May 2022 –31 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Devendra Kumar Singh |
Succeeded by | Ashish Kumar Bhutani |
Personal details | |
Born | Agra,Uttar Pradesh,India | 27 January 1964
Occupation | Retired IAS Officer |
Gyanesh Kumar (born 27 January 1964) is a 1988-batch [1] retired Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Kerala cadre superannuated as Co-operation Secretary of India on 31 January 2024. On 14 March 2024,he was appointed as Election Commissioner of India. [2] [3]
Kumar was born on 27 January 1964 in Agra district of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. [4] He completed his BTech in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur [5] and studied Business Finance at ICFAI,India and Environmental Economics at HIID,Harvard University,US. [6]
Gyanesh Kumar was the Parliamentary Affairs Secretary at the Centre earlier and also served as the additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. [7] During his tenure,the Cooperation Ministry [8] saw enactment of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) (Amendment) Act,2023, [9] and formation of three new national cooperative bodies –Bharatiya Beej Sahakari Samiti Limited (BBSSL),National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL),and National Cooperative Export Limited (NCEL). [10]
He played a crucial role in the timely launch of the CRCS-Sahara refund portal for submission of claims by genuine depositors of four Multi-State Cooperative Societies of Sahara Group. [11]
Kumar served as Joint Secretary (Defence Production) in the Ministry of Defence from 2007 to 2012,during the UPA government. [12]
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