M. S. Gill

Manohar Singh Gill joined public service as an Indian Administrative Service officer from the 1958 batch of the Punjab cadre. He served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India (1996–2001), as the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (2008–2011) and as Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation (2011). His tenure as Election commissioner saw the introduction and implementation of EVMs which saw their first extensive deployment in the 1998 general elections of India.