Navin Chawla
Navin Chawla (born 30 July 1945) is a retired Indian civil servant and writer, who served as 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India. Four phases (out of five) of the Indian general election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, were executed under his supervision in April and May 2009.
Navin Chawla | |
|---|---|
| 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 21 April 2009 – 29 July 2010 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | N. Gopalaswami |
| Succeeded by | S. Y. Quraishi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 July 1945 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Chawla is best known for his biography of Mother Teresa and for conducting the 2009 general elections, despite concerns about his leanings towards the Congress Party. Action was taken against alleged malpractice by Congress governments in Rajasthan, Assam and Andhra Pradesh and the Congress-Allied government in Tamil Nadu. According to his family, Chawla was deeply influenced by Mother Teresa and decided not to resign from the civil service in 1997 in accordance with her advice.