Former CEC Sunil Arora joins Board of Advisers for International IDEA
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | December 07, 2021 IST
Share
New Delhi, Dec 7: Sunil Arora, former Chief Election Commissioner of India has been invited to join the Board of Advisers for International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Arora brings rich leadership experience, knowledge and skills to contribute significantly to the working of the International Institute. The Institute is assisted by a 15-member Board of Advisers who are eminent personalities or experts from a wide variety of backgrounds. The IDEA, established in 1995, is an intergovernmental organization based in Stockholm, Sweden with a mission to support sustainable democracy worldwide. International IDEA currently has 34 member countries which include large and small, older and newer democracies from all continents. India has been one of the founding members of IDEA. Arora had been the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India from December 2, 2018 to April 12, 2021. He had joined ECI as Election Commissioner of India on September 1, 2017. During his tenure of more than 42 months at ECI, the Commission successfully conducted the General Election to the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 and 24 State Assembly Elections as also bye-elections and biennial elections. Arora, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, has earlier headed various key departments in the Government of India & State Government of Rajasthan. Under the leadership of Arora, ECI provided a big push to its digital program, by creating a unified database of more than 930 million electors & a nationwide helpline 1950. Another tech innovation for aiding Citizens Vigil – a CVigil App has become a great tool which enables citizens in poll bound areas to report cases of Model Code of Conduct violation. Arora’s personal initiative of providing postal ballot facility to senior citizens and Persons with Disabilities to be able to cast their vote from their homes was much appreciated. He also ensured that polling stations were shifted to ground floor with Assured Minimum Facilities to make elections accessible and inclusive. Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot also emerged as a useful facility for service voters to cast their vote from their place of posting. ECI firmly believes in deepening and strengthening Democracies worldwide through knowledge sharing among Election Management Bodies. While serving as the Chairman of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) and Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) under Arora’s tenure, ECI ensured further enhancement of capacity building. An A-WEB Centre has been set up at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, New Delhi for documentation, research and training; for sharing best practices and capacity building among the member EMBs.
News7 Is Now On WhatsApp Join And Get Latest News Updates Delivered To You Via WhatsApp
You Might Also Like
More From Related News
BSF seizes Chinese-Made drone & heroin packet near Indo-Pak Border
Patient awareness and interaction programme marks World Liver Day at AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Air India suspends flights to Tel Aviv till April 30 over Iran-Israel conflict
Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi appointed next Chief of Ind. Navy
Air India suspends flights to and from Dubai till April 21
Lok Sabha polls: BJP expecting its 'best show in South', says HM Amit Shah
Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat appointed as new NSG DG
Lok Sabha polls: World’s tiniest woman casts vote in Nagpur
Tamil Nadu records 12.5 pc voting in first two hours
Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi links 'dholak', Mohd Shami with Amroha's pride
Lok Sabha polls: 15 pc voter turnout recorded in MP's six LS seats in first two hours
Lok Sabha polls: Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma casts vote
Lok Sabha polls: Nitin Gadkari casts vote in Nagpur, says BJP will cross 400 seats
Lok Sabha polls 2024: Will register historic win in TN, says state BJP chief K. Annamalai
LS polls 2024: PM Modi to campaign in UP, MP and Maharashtra today
Vice-Admiral Dinesh Tripathi appointed as new Navy Chief
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Tamil Superstar Ajith Kumar sets early example by voting
Vice-Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi appointed as next Chief of Naval Staff
Polling begins for Tripura West Lok Sabha Seat and Ramnagar Assembly By-Polls
Nagaland LS Election 2024: Voting commences amidst security measures