Ashok Lavasa


Ashok Lavasa is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Haryana cadre and is one of the two Election Commissioners of India. He has also served as the Finance Secretary of India, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India and Civil Aviation Secretary of India.Currently He has been appointed as vice president of asian development bank.

Education

Ashok Lavasa did his schooling from Belgaum Military School. Ashok Lavasa is a graduate and a postgraduate in English from University of Delhi, he has an MBA degree from Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia. In addition, has an MPhil in defence and strategic studies.

Career

Before IAS

Before being appointed as an IAS officer, Lavasa taught literature in the Delhi University. He also had a stint with the State Bank of India as a probationary officer.

As an IAS officer

Lavasa has served in key positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Haryana, like as Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Chief Coordinator, resident commissioner of Haryana, managing director of Haryana State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills, director of Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation, managing director of Haryana Tourism Corporation, and as the deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Jind and Gurgaon districts in the Haryana government, and as the Union Finance Secretary, Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary, Union Civil Aviation Secretary, special secretary in the Ministry of Power, joint secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, and as a joint secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance in the Indian government.

Civil Aviation Secretary

Lavasa was appointed as the Union Civil Aviation Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in December 2013, he assumed office on 1 January 2014, and demitted it on 29 August 2014, when he was appointed as the Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary.

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary

Lavasa was appointed as the Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in August 2014, he assumed office on 29 August 2014, and demitted it on 30 April 2016, when he was appointed as the Union Expenditure Secretary.

Expenditure Secretary

Lavasa was appointed as the Union Expenditure Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in April 2016, he assumed office on 30 April 2016, and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from service on 30 October 2017.
As the seniormost secretary in the Ministry of Finance after the retirement of Ratan Watal, Lavasa was designated as Finance Secretary in May 2016.

Post-retirement

Election Commissioner of India

Post-retirement, Lavasa was appointed as one of the two Election Commissioners of India in January 2018. Lavasa assumed charge as Election Commissioner on 23 January 2018.

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