Achal Kumar Jyoti

Achal Kumar Jyoti (born 23 January 1953) is a retired 1975 IAS officer of Gujarat cadre who served as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner of India from 6 July 2017 to 23 January 2018.

Education Achal Kumar Jyoti has graduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Chemistry.

Career Apart from serving as the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Jyoti served as one of the Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India before his appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.

During the Gujarat Assembly elections that were held in December 2017, the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi for violating the model code of conduct, by appearing for an interview with a Gujarati News Channel. While the Indian National Congress claimed that ECI ignored the sitting prime minister, Narendra Modi along with Amit Shah (BJP Party chief) and Arun Jaitley (finance minister) for violating code of conduct on several occasions.