N. Gopalaswami

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N. Gopalaswami
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Pratibha Patil
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byBrij Bihari Tandon
Succeeded byNavin Chawla
Personal details
Born (1944-04-21) 21 April 1944 (age 80)
NationalityIndian
OccupationElection Commissioner (2004-06); Chief Election Commissioner (2006-09); Chairman of Kalakshetra Foundation (2014-19); Chancellor of the National Sanskrit University of India
N. Gopalaswami
President of Vivekananda Educational Society and Chancellor of National Sanskrit University

N. Gopalaswami (born 21 April 1944), served as 15th

Kalakshetra for a term of five years starting from 22 October 2014, until 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Gopalaswami is from Needamangalam, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu.[citation needed] He attended school in Mannargudi and his graduation in Chemistry from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli. Gopalaswamy is a post-graduate gold medalist in Chemistry from Delhi University and is a diploma holder in Urban Development Planning from University of London.[citation needed]

Early career

Gopalaswami joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1966 and worked in various capacities in Gujarat. From 1967 to 1992, he held various top-level posts including that of the managing director, Gujarat Communication and Electronics Limited; as member (administration and purchase) in the Gujarat Electricity Board; secretary to Government (science & technology) in technical education and Secretary, Department of Revenue.[citation needed]

Earlier he was district magistrate in the districts of

Kutch and Kheda; municipal commissioner Surat; director of relief; director of higher education and joint secretary (Home Department), Government of Gujarat.[citation needed
]

As a bureaucrat

Gopalaswami served the

National Human Rights Commission.[citation needed
]

Gopalaswami had also worked as an adviser (education) in the

Software Technology Park of India (STPI) Society and SATCOMM India Society.[citation needed
]

Gopalaswami was appointed as a Chancellor for Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Deemed University, Tirupati on 21 October 2015 for a term of five years.[citation needed]

Controversy

During his tenure as the Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami on 31 January 2009 sent his recommendation for removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla to the President of India.[3] He alleged that Chawla had discharged his duties as Election Commissioner in a partisan manner, seeking to further the interests of "one party." The CEC report contended that Chawla would take breaks during crucial meetings and secretly talk to functionaries of the Congress party and leak confidential details of the Election Commission.[4] Chawla is also reported to have opposed the Election Commission's notice to Sonia Gandhi for her accepting foreign honours from Belgium.[5]

N Gopalaswami's recommendation against Chawla has been politically controversial.[6] However, the Indian government led by Congress Party (to which Chawla is accused of being favourable), rejected the CEC recommendation against Chawla on 1 March 2009. Thereafter, Navin Chawla took over as CEC of India on 20 April 2009 and concluded the 2009 General Elections to the Parliament of India.[citation needed]

N Gopalaswami moved to

L Ramdas, former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami, three senior former Army officials and others, said that ex-Army chief JJ Singh, currently the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, masterminded "Operation Moses" to clear the way for Lieutenant Gen Bikram Singh to succeed Gen Vijay Kumar Singh
(missing reference, likely an incorrect conspiracy theory).

Personal life

When the Election Commission started the process of delimitations of constituencies, he (as CEC) suggested that

Hindu scriptures.[7]

References

  1. ^ "About us - Vivekananda Educational Society".
  2. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Connecting News with Views". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Chawla's loo breaks led to Cong phone calls: CEC". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  5. ^ Bharti Jain, ET Bureau 1 February 2009, 01.25am IST (1 February 2009). "CEC accuses Chawla of siding with one party – Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ [1] Archived 2 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "He lives by the give-nothing-take-nothing rule". Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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