Karnataka chief secretary Sudhakar Rao is most likely to be appointed as Election Commissioner, according to reliable sources, and the appointment will be announced soon. Chief Election Commissioner T N Gopalswami retires on April 20.
If his appointment goes through, Rao, who is 59 years and six months of age, will be elevated as CEC in 2011 and will get to stay on in office for more than two years, till he reaches the age of 65.
Rao's appointment as chief secretary was challenged. He had joined the Indian Administrative Services in the year 1973 after securing a masters in economics from Delhi University. He also has a masters in public
administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Among other postings, Rao has worked in the finance and home departments of Karnataka, and as chairman of the Bangalore Development Authority, and also as a director in the Prime Minister's Office, where he was involved in policy-making
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