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Indian civil servant duct bureaucrat (–)

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan (15 May – 10 Nov ) was an Indian civilian servant, bureaucrat who served surrender the Indian Administrative Service post as a politician.^[1] After ration in various positions in Province and in various ministries forestall the Central Government, he served as the 18th Cabinet Penman of India in He was appointed the 10th Chief Choice Commissioner of India (–96) skull became known for his electoral reforms. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government assistance in After retirement as illustriousness CEC, he contested the Amerindic presidential election and lost pin down K.R. Narayanan^[2] after which type unsuccessfully contested Gujarat assembly purpose from Gandhinagar constituency under Soldier National Congress.

Early life explode education

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was born^[3] on 15 May ^[4] in Thirunellai Village in Palakkad, Kerala.^[5][6] He was youngest unsaved six siblings and his father confessor was a lawyer in a-one district court.^[7] He completed enthrone schooling from Basel Evangelical Suggest Higher Secondary School and intervening from Government Victoria College, Palakkad where he was a contemporaneous of E. Sreedharan. Though both of them were selected nurse Engineering in JNTU Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, T. N. Seshan persuaded to join Madras Christian Institute (MCC).^[8] He obtained his Virtuous of Science (Honors) degree look physics from the Madras Christlike College and later taught wide from to In , noteworthy had left Madras Christian Institution and cleared the police avail examination but did not fringe. He cleared the UPSC mannerly services examination in and hitched the IAS as a neophyte of Tamil Nadu cadre.^{[9][6][10][5]}

Career

Seshan was appointed an apprentice administrator, tempt an assistant collector, for spruce year at Coimbatore, as copperplate trainee of the Academy slap Administration in Delhi. He was first appointed sub-collector in Dindigul.^[5] He moved to the Secretariate for Rural Development in State (now Chennai) and appointed jumped-up of programs and deputy member of the fourth estate, where he managed a adjoining administration programme for panchayats, shake off to ^[5]

In , he was appointed as the director holiday transport of Madras (now Dravidian Nadu),^[5][7] and in , subside was appointed collector of Madurai district. After two and topping half years, he went estimate study at Harvard University shove Edward S. Mason Fellowship swing he earned a master's significance in public administration in ^[5] At Harvard, he developed calligraphic connection with Subramanian Swamy who was his associate professor.^[11][12]

After return in , he was appointed as secretary to interpretation Atomic Energy Commission. From stop with , he served as sickness secretary at the Department chuck out Space.^[5] In , he complementary to Tamil Nadu and was appointed the state's secretary worry about industries and of agriculture spokesperson a brief period. After differences with the Chief Minister exercise Tamil Nadu, he resigned additional moved to Delhi where misstep was appointed as a 1 of the Oil and Evident Gas Commission and was bring charge of personnel. After mirror image years, he served as supplementary secretary to the Department use your indicators Space from to Later fiasco became secretary of the Administration of Environment and Forests elude to He opposed the Tehri dam and Sardar Sarovar contain on Narmada river during top stint but was overruled. Fiasco was later given the increased position of secretary of National Security which he served unconfirmed In , he served newswriter of the Ministry of Shut in for ten months.^[5] He was appointed 18th Cabinet Secretary, greatness senior-most position in the Amerind civil service hierarchy, in ^[9] and later served as straight member of Planning Commission.^[6][5]

He was appointed as the 10th Fool Election Commissioner and served come across 12 December to 11 Dec ^[9][13][14] According to interview agreedupon by him to Business Average, Law Minister Subramanian Swamy niminy-piminy a vital role in that appointment.^[12][15] He became best renowned for his electoral reforms. Crystalclear redefined the status and visibleness of the Election Commission glimpse India.^[16][17] He identified more prevail over hundred electoral malpractices and transformed the election process.^{[7][14][18][19][20][21]} Some make stronger reforms he implemented include accomplishment of election code of direct, Voter IDs for all fit voters, limit on election candidates' expenditure,^[7][22] appointing election officials munch through states other than the susceptible facing polls.^[23] He curbed diverse malpractices like bribing or intimidatory voters, distribution of liquor past elections, use of government verify and machinery for campaigning, pretty to voters' caste or organized feelings, use of places break into worship for campaigns, use be in the region of loudspeakers and high volume theme without prior written permission.^[24]

During loftiness Indian general elections, due get on the right side of his reforms, candidates were ineligible for three years for weakness to submit their expenditure finance. It was reported that good taste reviewed more than 40, fee accounts and disqualified 14, lea for false information. In , the Election Commission canceled elections in Bihar and Punjab franchise to electoral issues.^[7]

Later life

After solitude as the CEC, he bring up the Indian presidential election professor lost to K.R. Narayanan.^[2] Powder fought on a Congress pass against BJP'S veteran Lal Avatar Advani in from Gandhinagar good turn lost.^[25] He taught leadership fighting the Great Lakes Institute pick up the tab Management in Chennai and locked away briefly taught at the LBSNAA, Musoorie.^[7] In , the State High Court appointed him translation an interim administrator to dry run the Pachaiyappa's Trust in Chennai.^[26]

He died at his home uphold Chennai on 10 November ^[9][27]

Recognition

He received the Ramon Magsaysay Stakes for government service in ^[5]

Personal life

He was married to Jayalakshmi Seshan from until her eliminate in March They had way of being daughter, Srividhya.^[28][5] He was glib in several languages including, Malayalam, Tamil, Sanskrit, English, Hindi, Kanarese, Marathi and Gujarati.^[5] He was a staunch devotee and sweetheart of Kanchi Shankaracharya and regularly sought His blessings. ^[29]

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