Ashok Lavasa
Ashok Lavasa Civil Aviation Secretary of India | |
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In office 1 January 2014 – 29 August 2014 | |
Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Preceded by | K. N. Srivastava |
Succeeded by | V. Somasundaran |
Personal details | |
Born | Rajasthan, India | 21 October 1957
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | RASHTRIYA MILITARY SCHOOL BELGAUM ; Deshbandhu College
IAS officer |
Ashok Lavasa (
Education
Ashok Lavasa did his schooling from
Career
Before IAS
Before being appointed as an
As an IAS officer
Lavasa has served in key positions for both the
Civil Aviation Secretary
Lavasa was appointed as the
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary
Lavasa was appointed as the
Expenditure Secretary
Lavasa was appointed as the
As the seniormost
Post-retirement
Election Commissioner of India
Post-retirement, Lavasa was appointed as one of the two Election Commissioners of India in January 2018.[17][18][19][20][21] Lavasa assumed charge as Election Commissioner on 23 January 2018.[22][23][24]
Mr Lavasa made headlines in 2019 after a dissenting opinion on a panel's ruling of complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah during the Lok Sabha election campaign.
Six complaints were filed against PM Modi. Lavasa disagreed with his panel colleagues in some of these cases.
He soon stopped attending meetings, saying "minority decisions" were being "suppressed in a manner contrary to well-established conventions observed by multi-member statutory bodies".
In December 2019, Mr Lavasa in an article in The Indian Express wrote: "The honest, however, go on regardless, perhaps driven by an inner force that borders on recklessness. A society that creates hurdles which exhaust the honest or wound them paves the path for its own perdition".
This was two months after an income tax notice was sent to his wife, Novel S Lavasa, over alleged discrepancies in filings. Sources had said the information had been sought "related to foreign exchange". Mrs Lavasa said she had "paid all taxes due" and "disclosed all income" and that she was cooperating.[25][26]
He served as Vice president of Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 31 August 2020 till 31 August 2023. [27]
Work
- Lavasa, Ashok; Sethi, Ravi Mohan (2010). An Uncivil Servant: The Success Story of a Bureaucrat Turned Businessman. ISBN 978-81-291-1704-5.
- Lavasa, Ashok (2021): An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation. Harper India ISBN 978-93-5422-317-4
References
- ^ "Rajeev Kumar replaces Ashok Lavasa as Election Commissioner". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ashok Lavasa - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Election Commissioner - Shri Ashok Lavasa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Who is Ashok Lavasa, the new Election Commissioner of India". The Financial Express. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa to be new civil aviation secretary". Business Line. New Delhi. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa appointed Civil Aviation Secretary". Business Standard. New Delhi. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa appointed civil aviation secretary". The Financial Express. New Delhi. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa appointed civil aviation secretary". Firstpost. New Delhi. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "New secretaries appointed for civil aviation, steel ministries". The Economic Times. New Delhi. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- Live Mint. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa named Expenditure Secretary". The Economic Times. New Delhi. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Surabhi (26 April 2016). "Govt makes top level bureaucratic changes". Business Line. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Srivats, K. R. (31 May 2016). "Lavasa is Finance Secretary". Business Line. New Delhi: The Hindu. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa takes over as finance secretary". Business Standard. New Delhi. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- HT Media Ltd. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Om Prakash Rawat to succeed AK Joti as new Chief Election Commissioner". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Om Prakash Rawat to take over as chief election commissioner on January 23". The Times of India. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Om Prakash Rawat appointed new Chief Election Commissioner; Ashok Lavasa named commissioner". The Financial Express. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Bose, Abhimanyu, ed. (21 January 2018). "Om Prakash Rawat Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner". NDTV. New Delhi. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "OP Rawat to be next Chief Election Commissioner, to succeed AK Joti". Daily News and Analysis. New Delhi. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Subject: Sh. Ashok Lavasa takes over as new Election Commissioner" (PDF). Election Commission of India. New Delhi. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Lavasa assumes charge as Election Commissioner". The New Indian Express. New Delhi. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Sh. Ashok Lavasa takes over as new Election Commissioner". Business Standard. Delhi. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Quits To Join Asian Development Bank". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Scroll Staff. "Ashok Lavasa resigns as election commissioner to join Asian Development Bank". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Will Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Not Join ADB?". NewsClick. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.