Tirunellai Narayana Iyer

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Tirunellai Narayana Iyer is the full given name of T. N. Seshan, the prominent Indian civil servant best known for his tenure as Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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instanceOf Indian civil servant
person
alsoKnownAs T. N. Seshan
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan
linked to: T. N. Seshan
appointedBy President of India
awardReceived Padma Vibhushan
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1932-12-15
dateOfDeath 2019-11-10
educatedAt Harvard University
Madras Christian College
ethnicGroup Tamil
familyName Iyer
fieldOfWork election administration
public administration
gender male
givenName Tirunellai Narayana
honorificPrefix Shri
knownFor electoral reforms in India
strengthening the authority of the Election Commission of India
strict enforcement of election code of conduct
memberOf Election Commission of India
nationality Indian
nativeLanguage Tamil
notableWork implementation of voter ID cards in India
occupation bureaucrat
civil servant
office Chief Election Commissioner of India
placeOfBirth Thirunellai, Palakkad, Kerala, India
placeOfDeath Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
politicalActivity contested 1997 Indian presidential election
positionHeld Cabinet Secretary of India
Chief Election Commissioner of India
Indian Administrative Service officer
precededBy R. V. S. Peri Sastri
religion Hinduism
residence Chennai
serviceEntry Indian Administrative Service
signatureEvent curbing use of money and muscle power in Indian elections
spouse Jayalakshmi Seshan
succeededBy M. S. Gill
termEnd 1996
termStart 1990
workLocation New Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India

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T. N. Seshan givenName Tirunellai Narayana Iyer