Today, the Election Commission of India (ECI) kicked off a two-day Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) at the India International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM), located in New Delhi. The session was attended by Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Laxmi Prasad Sahu, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Sushant Mishra, and Chief Electoral Officer R.S. Gopalan of Odisha. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi also attended the session, which was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The CEOs’ offices in every State and Union Territory were evaluated by the Election Commission for their readiness for the next countrywide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. This conference is a follow-up to the Special Intensive Re