Former IAS officer C Parthasarathi has been appointed as the State Election Commissioner of Telangana for a tenure of three years. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan issued the orders on Tuesday.
The post was vacant since the retirement of V Nagi Reddy in April this year.
Parthasarathi was commissioner for civil supplies after the formation of Telangana, and subsequently served as commissioner for information and public relations and principal secretary of agriculture and cooperation.
He retired as director-general of the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) on April 30, 2020.
