Naresh Gupta, former IAS officer, who earned the repute of being a agency Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), died at a personal hospital in Chennai on Monday afternoon after a short sickness. He was 72. He is survived by his spouse and a son. An official within the Public Department mentioned the funeral was anticipated to happen on Wednesday.
Hailing from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Gupta held postgraduate levels in Mathematics and Gandhian Thought. Belonging to the 1973 batch, he served Tamil Nadu in lots of positions akin to Sivaganga’s first Collector (1985-86), Secretary to Governor [Bhishma Narayan Singh] (1991-93), Home Secretary (2001-02) and Member Secretary of the State Planning Commission (2002-05). But it was his stint as CEO — for about eight years in two spells [1998-2000 and January 2005-July 2010] — that made him a outstanding determine. There have been events when he had overtly differed with the ruling occasion of the day with regard to the way in which elections or byelections have been performed. He regarded the 2009 Lok Sabha elections as probably the most difficult. After his retirement, he was appointed a member of the Central Administrative Tribunal.
Based on his experiences on the Planning Commission, he authored a ebook on human growth. He had gone on report saying he drew lots of job satisfaction there as he handled points akin to poverty and growth far more intently than what he did in the remainder of his profession.
Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday condoled the dying of Mr. Gupta. “Saddened by the demise of veteran IAS officer Thiru Naresh Gupta. He served the people of Tamil Nadu with the utmost diligence and integrity, and will always be remembered as an outstanding administrator. Condolences to his family and friends,” the Raj Bhavan mentioned in a Twitter submit attributing it to Mr. Ravi
Expressing condolences over his dying, Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin termed him as a follower of Gandhian philosophy.
Santha Sheela Nair, former Secretary of the Union Ministry of Mines and a batchmate of Mr. Gupta, described him as a “very conscientious, diligent and helpful person.”
Another batchmate, M.A. Gowrishankar mentioned Mr. Gupta had ensured that the elections within the State have been held in a good method. Despite going through “enormous political pressure,” he would by no means budge. He was identified for thorough data of topics that he dealt with. Even when he held the submit of Public Works Secretary briefly in 1996, he had fully revised the schedule of charges, whose steep revision was proposed by his subordinates, and noticed to it that the taxpayers’ cash was saved considerably.
C.P. Singh, former IAS officer of the 1981 batch and who knew him for over 30 years, praised Mr. Gupta for his mental honesty and integrity.
