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Prakash Rajpurohit named Deputy Election Commissioner until 2030
Livemint··5d ago
Prakash Rajpurohit has been appointed Deputy Election Commissioner until 8 April 2030, succeeding Sanjay Kumar, Livemint reported on Sunday. Rajpurohit is a 2010-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer with an electrical engineering degree from IIT Delhi. He was Joint Secretary at Defence Production. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared 27 Joint Secretary-level postings on Saturday.
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What It Means For You
- Election Commission operations gain a new deputy through April 2030 under Rajpurohit's term.
- He was previously Joint Secretary in the Department of Defence Production at the Defence Ministry.
- Other ACC orders named joint secretaries across home, health, corporate affairs and culture ministries.
What's Happening
- Rajpurohit was born on 28 February 1986 and earlier served in Rajasthan administration and excise.
- Vivek Khare, a 1996-batch Indian Telecom Service officer, was named Joint Secretary at the NTA.
- Tamboli Ayyaj Fakirbhai was appointed Executive Director at IRDAI at Joint Secretary level.
Deputy Election Commissioner appointments
- The deputy supports the Chief Election Commissioner in administering national electoral processes.
- The post changed hands from outgoing deputy Sanjay Kumar in Saturday's government orders.
- Rajpurohit also joined the Board of BDL effective 17 September 2026, the report said.
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