Gyanesh kumar: NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI: Between 2015 and 2020, journalists often gathered at the first-floor chamber of the North Block, where Gyanesh Kumar , the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), served as ... Who is Gyanesh Kumar ? Gyanesh Kumar is a Kerala-cadre officer from the 1988 batch who retired as the secretary of the ministry of cooperation in January last year. Gyanesh Kumar , a 1988-batch IAS officer from Kerala, has been appointed as the new chief election commissioner of India. He played a key role in drafting the bill that scrapped Article 370 in J&K and handling documents related to the Ram Temple case in Ayodhya.