♦ Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar assumed office on 19 February 2025.

♦ Gyanesh Kumar is a 1988-batch IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, now leads the three-member Election Commission panel.

♦ He is senior to the other two commissioners—Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, an IAS officer from the Uttarakhand cadre, and Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch IAS officer from the Haryana cadre. 

♦ Vivek Joshi also officially took charge as Election Commissioner.