Sushil Chandra appointed new Election Commissioner

Chandra’s appointment comes less than month before the poll panel announces the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections.

He will join the incumbent CEC Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa on the panel. Chandra, who fills in the vacancy created with the retirement of O P Rawat in December last year, will serve till May 2022, when he turns 65 years old.

An IIT graduate and a 1980 batch IRS officer, Chandra was appointed chairperson of CBDT in November 2016. Last year, his term was extended for a year till May 2019.

Chandra has worked In areas related to international taxation and investigation. He has been Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) International Taxation in Delhi.

He was Director of Investigation, Mumbai and Director General Investigation, Gujarat.