Surendra Kumar as the New Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha
Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Surendra Kumar as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha. He will replace DN Gupta.
The appointment of Kumar as the CEO was informed to the State Government in a gazette notification on Wednesday.A 1993-batch IAS officer, Surendra Kumar is currently serving as the ST and SC Welfare Department Principal Secretary and holds the additional charge of Information and Public Relations (I and PR) Department Secretary.