2010-batch IAS officer appointed Deputy Election Commissioner
On Saturday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet announced the appointment of 2010 batch IAS officer Prakash Rajpurohit as Deputy Election Commissioner at the Election Commission of India. This appointment filled a vacancy created by the early return of Sanjay Kumar, who was previously in charge of electoral rolls and IT division, to his original cadre in August.
The Rajasthan cadre officer joined the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence in May of this year, taking up his new role as Joint Secretary till April 2030. The order also appointed Vivek Khare, an Indian Telecom Service officer from the 1996 batch, as Joint Secretary, National Testing Agency, and Varnali Deka, a 2009 batch IAS officer from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, as Joint Secretary, National Health Authority.
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