24 Sep 2026
Neta·Resume
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dissented: Recorded dissent on procedure: 212 names sent the night before and a six-name shortlist eight to ten minutes before the meeting. He said he had nothing against the two appointees.
Education: MBBS (Government Medical College, Amritsar); Master's in History (Guru Nanak Dev University) - per ECI profile and The Tribune; The Tribune also reports a law degree
The source lists these without dates. They appear in the source's order.
Sandhu recorded that CEOs, DEOs and EROs said they lacked proper and complete access to ERONet, that their powers had been curtailed by centralised control at DG (IT) level, and that the DG (IT) had no legal authority to restrict them. He directed full access immediately and asked the DG (IT) to certify it from all CEOs.
Internal note seen by The Indian Express. Khanna did not answer the newspaper's questionnaire. Whether the certification was given is not known.