Born in Delhi on June 11, 1947, in Delhi, Dr. S.Y. Quraishi is an Indian civil servant who served as 17th chief election commissioner (CEC) of India. He has also served as a Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
He is an IAS officer of the 1971 batch from the Haryana cadre. He has a Ph.D. in Communications and Social marketing from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He became the first Muslim CEC of India on July 30, 2010.
He has authored a book titled 'An Undocumented Wonder - the Making of the Great Indian Election.' It describes the enormity and complexity of the Indian election. He has also written a book entitled titled Old Delhi- Living Traditions. It is a coffee table book on the heritage city and its social and cultural life. His latest book, The Population Myth, reveals how the right-wing spin to population data has given rise to myths about the ‘Muslim rate of growth’, often used to stoke majoritarian fears of a demographic skew. The book busts myths about Islam and family planning.
He figured in The Indian Express list of 100 Most Powerful Indians of 2011, and again in 2012.
He now pursues his interests in academics by teaching and mentoring at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi in the capacity of Honorary Professor at the center. He is also a current member of the International Elections Advisory Council.
While responding to Karan Thapar on the Devil's Advocate program on the television channel CNN-IBN, he opposed the ideas of Right to Recall and Right to Reject advocated by Anna Hazare as not possible in India. However, after some time in a TV interview he said that the Right to Reject can be considered.
Dr. Quraishi was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the National Indian Students Union UK in May 2016. He joined Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar who were the first recipients of the Fellowship.
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