State Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar on 3-day tour Appeals youths above 18 years to enrol names in voter list To hold special review meeting with Mysuru DC today Mysore/Mysuru: In what is seen as a big relief, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to extend the postal ballot facility to Persons with…
Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar gets Ph.D from Mysore University
October 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka, Sanjiv Kumar, was among the 654 candidates who received Ph.D degrees in various subjects at the 100th Convocation of University of Mysore (UoM) on Oct. 19. Sanjiv Kumar, an IAS, started his Ph.D thesis titled ‘MGNREGA — Law, Rights, Processes and Sustainable Livelihood: A Critical Study in Karnataka’…
Rahul Dravid is Karnataka Election Icon
March 29, 2018Bengaluru: The Election Commission has roped in cricketer Rahul Dravid to create awareness about the elections. “Rahul Dravid will be the State election icon,” Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said. A “Karnataka Election Anthem” is also being written by film director Yograj Bhat which is due to be released in a week. Rahul Dravid…
State asked to put on hold transfers of three DCs
January 24, 2018Bengaluru: A day after the transfer of Deputy Commissioners of Hassan, Ramanagaram and Haveri, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar has asked the State Government to withdraw its order on transfer till final publication of electoral rolls on Feb.28. Kumar dashed off a letter to Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha yesterday saying that “the transfer…
Karnataka ready for single-phase polls: Chief Electoral Officer
January 13, 2018Bengaluru: Karnataka is ready to hold elections to the Legislative Assembly in a single phase and this has been informed to the Election Commission of India (EC) during the visit of the six-member EC panel. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told reporters in Bengaluru yesterday that the State has adequate number of personnel…
Election survey workshop for data collection held in city
January 13, 2018Mysuru: Sanjiv Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Karnataka, inaugurated a workshop for the surveyors on ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP)’ related to election process among electorates of Karnataka,’ at Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM) in Hebbal, here recently. This study commissioned by the Election Commission of Karnataka, is being conducted by GRAAM in…
Sanjiv Kumar appointed as Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer
November 19, 2017Bengaluru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday appointed IAS Officer Sanjiv Kumar as the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Karnataka. A 1986-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, Sanjiv Kumar was serving as Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livlihood. He replaces Anil Kumar Jha, who had been serving…
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