N. Gopalaswami has served as the 15th Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) who has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2015. He is a 1966 batch Indian Administrative Services officer belonging to the Gujarat cadre. As secretary of Culture in Govt of India, he got the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to approve the incorporation of Darasuram and Gangaikonda Chola Temple, Bimbetka in the list of World Heritage Sites. He also was instrumental in having ‘VEDIC Chanting’ incorporated by UNESCO in the list of the World’s Oral Heritage. The government of India appointed him to head a committee to prepare a vision document for Sanskrit education
Padma Bhushan N. Gopalaswami
