Needamangalam Gopalaswami / Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Last updated on profile page : October 11th, 2013

BIO

Needamangalam Gopalaswami is a 1966 batch Indian Administrative Services officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. Mr. Gopalaswami served the Government of India between 1992 and 2004. Prior to this appointment in the Election Commission of India, he was the Union Home Secretary and prior to that, he held the posts of Secretary in the Department of Culture and Secretary General in the National Human Rights Commission.

Mr. Gopalaswami had also worked as adviser (education) in the Planning Commission, joint secretary, department of electronics, in charge of software development and industry promotion division and also the head of Software Technology Park of India (STPI) Society and SATCOMM India Society.

He took over the charge of Chief Election Commissioner on 30 June 2006 and has retired in April 2009. He is currently the president of Vivekananda Educational Society which runs a group of schools in and around Chennai.

By Needamangalam Gopalaswami on ParisTech Review

Tackling Corruption in Public Sector: an Indian Initiative

Society on October 10th, 2013

Institutions, and not only technology, are a driver for change. In India, a recent experience shows promising and somehow unexpected outcomes. The goal? Ensuring greater transparency and competition in the award of government contracts. The result? Greater transparency, indeed; but also a new, efficient tool for conflict resolution.

Corruption dans les marchés publics : une initiative indienne

Society on October 10th, 2013

L'Inde a longtemps été marquée par une corruption endémique, et les marchés publics n'en sont pas exempts. Les entreprises en souffrent, soit que des contrats leur échappent, soit qu'elles s'épuisent en procès aux issues douteuses, avec le risque de se faire des ennemis. Un dispositif lancé il y a quelques années commence à changer la donne, avec en outre quelques effets inattendus.

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