Pawan Sain named chief electoral officer of Arunachal Pradesh

The Election Commission has appointed Pawan Kumar Sain as the next Chief Electoral Officer of Arunachal Pradesh.

According to an EC statement issued here on Thursday, Sain, a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Union Territory) cadre, will replace Padmini Singla. The state government sends three names of officers working at principal secretary level to the EC. The poll panel selects one person to be appointed as CEO.